Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-02-27

/ The HEROINE OF The WAF. Nliss Anna
/ Etheridse, i now with the Army Of the Po-
tomac. and her history deserves to b. con
spicuous fully justilying. as it doe-. that
"truth is stranger than fiction. while it fur
nishes an example believed to be without
parallel in the history Of her scx.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan. and is
now twcnty-threc years Of aec. Her father
was once man of wealth, and her early
youth WAS passed in the lap of luxury, with
no wish unqualified and no want uncared for
But misfortune came and swept away his
property, and, broken in fortune and de-
pressed in spirit, he removed to Minnesota,
where he died. leaving our heroine, at the
age Of twelve wears, in comparative poverty
and want On the breaking out Of the re-
bellion, she was visiting her friends in New
York
Col. Richardson was then engaged in rsis-
ing the "a Michigan Volunteers. and she and
10 other females volunteered T. accompany
the regiment az nurres. Every other has re-
turned home OF been discharged, hut she has
accompanied the regiment throush all its for
tunes, and declaIes her determination 10 re
main with it during it, entire term Of service
She had for her use horse, furnished with
a side saddle, saddlo-bags, &c. At the COM
menccment Of battle she fills her saddle
bags with lint and bandaGcs, mounts her
horse, and galloPs to the front. passes under
fire, and, regardless Of shot and she'll, en-
cages in the work of staunching and binding
up the wounds of our soldiers. In this man
ner she has passed through every hattie in
which the regiment has been engaged. com
mcncinc with the battle of Blackburn : Ford
9 Il. - Ie.,n
ding the battles Of the Peninsula and ter
minatins with the lattlc Of Fredericksburg.
Gen Berry, the present commander of the
brigade to which her regiment is attached,
and who highly distinguished himself for
bravery and gallantry in all these fights, de-
clarcs that she has becn under a. hot hre
of the enemy as himself. On one occasion
soldier was torn in pieces by shell while
she wa, in the act of binding up his wounds
previously received, and on many occasions
her dress has been pierced by bullets and
fragments of shell, vet she has never ilinched
and never been wounded. Her regiment be
longs To the brigade commanded by the Ia
mcntcd Gen. Kosrncy till his death, and in
consideration of her dauntless courage and
invaluable services in saving the lives of his
men. Gen. Kearncy commissioned her a. a re
cimental sergeant When not actively cngag-
ed on the battlefield or in the hospital, she
superintends the cooking at the hcadquar-
ters OF the brigilc. When the brigade moves,
she mounts her horse and marches with the
ambulances and surgeons, administering TO
the wants of the sick and wounded, and at
the bivouac she wraps herself in her blanket,
and sleeps upon the ground with all the
hardihood of true soldier.
Those facts he gub=tantIatpti hV tssfl-
mony of the highest character. and they de
serve to 90 forth to the world to show that
/ if England can boast of the achievements OF
Florence Nightingale, we of America can
present still higher example of female he
roism and exalted acts of humanity in the
person of Anna Ethcridgc.-N. y. Tribune.