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evidently enjoyed the udvantageH of tin oducuthm, for she wrote an excel lent luind, and she mmle herself useful to Iho officers' of the regiment in the capacity of a oJerk. She was involved in tho chances of Hvo battles, bnt she escaped unharmed. The officers never dreamed of any question as to hor sex. Sim was finally taken ill with typhoid favor and was removed to tho Pennsylvania hospital at Philadelphia.am as i fav abloil:qwthirtheWftz\vtillwllimouchithi4meofrethi1stehiofcolbehautiapPithlaian\Vrethorbew.Horo ono of tho female nurses discovered hor sex, and tho bravo little girl was returned to her own people.A Brooklyn girl, who*e name is not given, tried hard to enlist in several Brooklyn recruiting nllle: s. without success. riho went to Ann Amor, where she had relatives, and remained with them long enough to ascertain the whereabouts ofthe Michigan regiment. Then »ho went to Detroit, where sliu Joined the drum corps of ono of the Wolverene regiments. Her sox was not discovered, and she was 6ont with her regiment tu the army of the Cumberland. 8ho survived the hardships of tho Kontucky campaign, where so many strong men wont down. Her regiment had a place in tin* division of tho gallant Van Clove, and during tho battle of Lookout Mountain she was struck in tho left sido by u minie ball. Tho surgeon discovered hor sex and told the girl that hor wound was mortal. She dictated a letter to hor parents in Brooklyn and died within an hour after she was shot.Mrs; Bello Reynolds, tho wife of lieutenant Reynolds of Company A, Seventeenth Illinois regiment, was with hor husband during several heavy battles, including Fort Donelfton, and for hor valiant oonduct was commissioned a major by Governor Yatosof Illinois. Mrs. Reynolds, however, mmle no effort to conceal her sex.
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Indiana County Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Oct 05, 1898
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