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m*n were nearly all cut down. She fledwith the rest, but was killed by a bullet under the walls of Calpee. On# might admire this Hindu princess-warrior but for the fact that she was a very cruel and licentious woman.In this country and in our own times— of course we all know of Moll Pitcher, at Monmouth, in the revolution—there have been numerous cases of women disguised as men fighting in the northern and southern armies—and in nearly every instance the attendant circumstances have been tinged with romance, “Henry Armstrong was a notable instance. A fermer bearing' this name who had lived near Chattanooga. Tenn, ever since the war closed, died last July. To the astonishment of the neighbors Henry Armstrong0 proved to b# awoman named Myra Lawrence, She had, as appeared from a carefully k*pt diary, been engaged to a young rnan In the union army, and, unknown to him. enlisted in the regiment in which he served. . I !When he was fatally wounded at An-tietam she revealed her identity to him ere he died. No one else knew her se-i cret. and she remained with the army until the close of the war. retiring withthe rank of sergeant. This was surely an instance of the old saying that truth is stranger than Action.0Hardly less romantic was the case of another northern h-roine, Miss Frances Hook. She enlisted with her brother under the name of Frank Miller, He was killed soon after, and Frank0 was discharged. Three months later the young heroine reenlistec! and took part in several battles. In the battle of Chattanooga she was wounded in the leg and was captured by confederates, j When they searched her for papers her sex was discovered.Her captors treated her with the greatest courtesy, gave her a private room, and offered to liberate her If she would promise not to take up arms against them, and advised her to return home. I’ve got no home to go to since my brother was killed by my side at Pittsburg Landing, she replied, and I I would not go to it. even if I had one,I until the war is over. She wfa* exchanged and returned to live in peace with honor at the close of the war.“Charles Martin was the youngest of the feminine heroes. She was but 12 years old when she enlisted in the union army as a drummer boy. After sharing In many battles she was stricken down with typhoid, and In a hospital at Philadelphia her sex was discovered.Another girl, whose adventures would furnish first-class material for a ro-! mance. was Miss Fanny Wilson, who enlisted during the war of secession in the 24th Xew Jersey regiment, so as to be near her lover. He never dreamed that the girl he was often thinking of was one of his comrades. He was severely wounded at Vicksburg; she nursed him, and only revealed herself to him the day he died. After varied experiences she was suspected of being a southern spy and was obliged to con. fess her sex and to prove her loyalty by her past record. Then she was honorably discharged, returned to her home,married and settled down,Such cases might be multiplied, not oiuv in the northern army, but also in that of the south. In nearly every instance the fate of a lover was involved in the strange determination to brave the horrors of camp and field.—(St Louis Mirror.iar nnr m
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Boston Sunday Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sun, Oct 30, 1898
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