The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-04-09
Heroines of the Rebellion.

We clip the following from New
Hampshire paper, and give it to our
readers as proof that Puritanism and
patriotism are both still alive in New
England:
HERoINEs OF THE REBELLIoN.-The
history of the American Revolution
has given us the names of some who
will live in the memory of the Repub-
lie as long as type and paper can per-
petuate them. The present war will
probably do the same for future gener-
atoms that the, Revolution did for the
past, in recording in letters of gold the
character and service of many of the
women of the North in putting down
the great rebellion. Women can, in
one sense, do more than men they are
the guardians of the cot as well as the
palace-the protectors of the children
of our soldiers az well as the support of
not the influence of the wife, the moth
or and daughter do for the soldiers in
the field ? Strength is given in the
thought that home is the throne and
centre of happiness, and that the war
is to protect the lives and liberties of
those that are left behind, while a con-
slant flood of affection and support is
posted at every mail for the sick, the
weary or discouraged soldier who has
left all at home, to enable him to fight
the battles of bis country.
Many, too, are sent to the war and
are kept there Ivy the untring efforts of
noble mother and sisters at home.
An instance of this kind came to our
notice the other day, where an unmar-
ried lady in New Hampshire apologized
by letter TO friend in the city for
tardy correspondence, from the fact
hat all her brothers were i'm the war,
and she had to take care of the barn
as well as the house, which occupied
all her time. Two cows, a yoke of
steers and horse, besides pigs, turkeys
and chickens received her divided
care between the house and barn, while
she kept three boarders in the house,
and did all the labor for both depart
ments. This, when coupled with the
fact that she fairly drove her brothers
to the war, one of whom was married
and had quite small family of children
dependant upon his support, for whom
the sister now provides, and that she is
well educated and cultivated woman, is
most remarkable.
Her history is quite remarkable.
When she was about fifteen, while at
the academy fitting for a missionary
school in India, her father met with an
accident by a runaway horse, from
which he never recovered. He sur
viyed for eighteen years, though insane,
and wholly incapacitated from doing
any kind of business. This changed
all her plans. She had to give up
school and attend to the support of the
family. She had one sister older and
one younger than herself, and two
brothers, both younger than she was.
The elder sister had married and had
some two or three children wholly de-
pending upon the mothers support, as
the father had died. The younger Sis
ter she put to school half of the year,
and the two boys worked on the farm,
(Which was under heavy mprtgage)
in summer and went to school in win.
ter. The mother was quite an invalid,
and for three long years watched over
the demented partner of her youth to
the best of her ability, but relying upon
the assistance of the girls to do the
house-word. Our heroine being the
stronger mind had to take the lead.
She went to the factory in winter and
taught country school in the neigh
borhood of her home in summer, for
fifteen or twenty years, supporting her
own family and succeeding at last in
paying off the mortgage on the farm.
She took two of the children of her
sieter with her at Lowell, when large
enough, and placed themin acotton-mill
educating them herself evenings, until
they were able to leave The factory
part of the year for school. This vas !