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ry ! pressed with the nonviclioa that her story|p; is true. In light grey pan is, vest and coat, “e ] a: d light felt hat. she looks like a sprightly r* ! boy of fourteen. She is of medium (wo-be j man’s size, black and curling hair, larger tcs ! lustrous dark eves regular features, ruddyand fresh looking, end in very generous ---^ a A # VriiI health Her narrative, received from hertc in the calaboose, is a follows:'ie! I was horn in Michigan, near to and^’S north of Kalamazoo City. Mv father was• ^ - |,j i Heir to a large landed estale in England, he and had an abundance of money,with which 'u | he traveled about for pleasure. 1 was taken from my birth-place when only a few months old. Mv mother died when I waspasthadandVarnig! the low ibeicJimn rzeife TCrewenme,wouble.I’daltei mat; to h I sa girlhe j seven years old, (hen my father had the• ft ■ • J .,!1 i whole care of my two brothers and me.—We had a private tutor who traveled with us. Brothers were sent to college. Wbenj^'^le-11 was elete.1 father died. At fourteen Ir.v | was married to a member of a minstrel ^ jtroupe, lie had some five thousund dol-; bus in money, and with it wont in partner-— ship vviili his uncle,who lost his lifeand the!c raonev w liiie crossing the Atlantic. W hen+ * # .I had bec-n married eijjhieen months mytkeiRecr»fn-nre,leavMaj 1« \proij , husband died, and I was left wholly to the ^I care of my two brothers. The elder was j lt;vkj r* clerk in a banking house, and the other whs still at college in Ohio. When the war I* | broke out mv younger brother earn** home and they both enlisted, h irst they consulted me about enlisting. I at last consented.UOflrfeti-udotlieeheamatlo slt;comnailiitor ed i ly d restI considered thatihe country needed every able-bodied man to aid in putting down the rebelt'on. Their regiment went to Baki- j J-Tj more, and afterwards I became uneasy and j ^ wanted to join them. My younger brother j ^ j ^ | was eager 1 should, and my elder brother jc|ja ns reluctantly consented. Going to Baltimore » f •ft 11 entered the hospital and v.-as nurse to the | K ee : sick and wounded. There I frequently j ,j •^|met my two.brothers and was tolerably t contented; hut at length I receiv ed insults (tt and ungrateful retur n from some of the re• • Ocovered. Same were kind-hearted andwiicpubbrorrt»tntowot bav in ln'*• {grateful, I was determined to be wiili my; brothers, yet 1 could not -^dure the enure jlinued insults, and so I aslrbd my brothers’ oonsent to lt;ire40i in male attire and join their regiment in some capacity so as lo be near i them. 1 proposed to act as Orderly to the j , 1 ... j Major, who was our second cousin on my j8te* x- I father’s side. My brother first peremtorily “eaj refused his consent, but the younger and; myself insisted, and he finally bnt reluct-ettIautlr yielded. When 1 assumed muletflt iolotbes my younger brother complimented j[* mo and said 1 lo ked like a great green bt*y .He thought the digmse wa- perfect, lie | nig1 w Itdntcotnotferiaitredredtoo a toe to some rough places lo accuauvm me to act naturally. 1 rue* d tool going withoutMI u large party where the glasses were hana- ‘ m* *“* ed round todrink. As 1 undertook to “tip j out*h) the glass” mv hand trembled awkwardly' qp
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Delphi Weekly Times
Delphi, Indiana, US
Sat, Sep 19, 1863
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