Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-07-25
From the Richm end Dispatch.
"A ROMANTIC Story =

secu,ion Of military claims, fell in ac-
cidentally with a case in which both
a man and his wife received a
pension for revolutionary: services.
The singularitv of the circumstances
struck him SO forcible that he institu.
ted an inquiry, and elected from an
old lady, the. . lie surviving descendant,
the following facts. We state them
substantially, but ::our informant not
being present. it is possible that wemay
be incorrect in some insignificant par
ticnlars ti-'}
Early in the revolutionary war, .
man named Lane 1--WE think enlisted
in company raised in the sneighbor-
hood of Manches,er,a TO- serve three
years. lie went, with hisresiment, to;
the North, andsthere joined w aehif5g q
toms army. Taking part M aiie eie
previous battles, he Ysas; seveerly
Wounded at Brandywsinne az German n /
town, and during the battle and AZ after.
was taken, care o. by a .brother sold ier.I
to whom he had become greatly at
taehed and who belonged to the same
company with himself ~ The term .ot
service having expired these two.
soldiers were discharged, Ian d returned
home, devoted and inseperabe friends.
inthe me antime the tideao. war rolled,
to the. South, and the Hcouple had
scarcely reached their destination,
when they again enlisted to-, serve, iirs
Gen. IincofnSs army, az. that, time zen en-.
gagged lnthe:seige Of Savannah; On1.
readers we'll know that Lincoln was
afterwards eeoped.np in Charleston, !.
and compelled to surrender, after i
long siege, to the royal forces: under.
the command of Sir Henry Clinton
Thronghontsthis siege lane and his
friend stood Is their posts like heroes
and and did their duty ;bravely. At lass
L"ne's comraae, X9ss wounds ed in tarn /
and was carried off the ground by his
devoted friend. Whatamust have beer.
the amazvment of Lane on, discover
'ng that the brave comrade who hae
so long fought by his side, and l,ats
nnrsed i'm so tenderly when he wa,
wounded, through t',c.report of tho
attending surgeon, was a woman /.
1t appears that shel had accidental,
fallen in with him somewhere, and hac
formed q strong attachment for him
Atthe same time. for some. cause O..
other, she had made 50 alittle inpres
sion upon him thatohe did not recoe5
nlze her in the least when he after
wards met her disy,ii.ed as q soldier
She was in dispair when Lane enlisted
and under the influence OF that feeling
she fled from her parents home, DOM
ned the continental uniform, and .fe'a
lowed him to- the wars. What followed
was q tinale:to sllclr romance. - Thd
twain were released, from csptivityS
they became one, They lived mann
years happily together, and left sever
al children. - -
Incidents Of this nati,iirre-ai<gu;sed
dan'sefs folIowingItheir lovers to the:
wars in the capacity sof ofqpases-were
great favorites with all the old romance
writers, .IlJH readers OF Shakespeare
vii! recolIect that, one ,of, his, plays turns
'lponp something tlh Of the same, sort
we feel assured that tie
tale we have recorded IS true in ali ita
'ssential particulars. At any rsate.S
both theman. and his wife receives
pensions for servicsarendered as soil
ilers, until the day of their deaths
!!esPectively! ast5 wosdrs=vo e; s4o7 aassa