The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-09-16
A Missouri Girl on 8 Drive.

QdJ dteIuoou dIpSaieu ttdi you"S
man Of respectable appearance, rather
dark complexion and sprighily address,
who waited to draw her pay Now, for
woman TO draw pay in military oiics
! is something so unusual as 10 excite IN.
ouiry. So it was in this case, and an in>
ves,ig gs,on developed that the young wo-
man had been diving a team in Gen. A.
J. Smiths army, between Memphis aud
Holly Springs. She arrived IN this city
Saturday. Looking over the Memphis
Evening Bulletin, of the nth inst, we
find the following history of this young
woman and her companion arrested At the
same time:
| MORE RoMANcE-Two WoMEN GoING
AS SoLDIERE-Two females dressed in tha
federal uniform were brought to the lrv-
| ing Block from the front. on Tuesday.
They were arrested in the camps Of the
2Ist Missouri Infantry, in which they were
serving, one as teanster, and the other
! as drummer, under the names of Charles
Davis and Con. Morris. The drummer's
real name is Jane Short. Previous to
Joining the I'd Missouri she served for ov
er year as private IL the 9Th Illinois
Cavalry, into ~b,,n regiment she enlisted
from Shawneetown, III where she resid-
ed before the war. She was at the battle
Of Shiloh, and was there wounded in the
fhand 5v a musket ball. After recovering
she rejoined her regiment and participant
ed in various conflicts until prostrated 10y
sickness and sent to ;he hospital, which
| led to her discharge. She then came to
Memphis, and lived. she does no, say how
| 70. several months, When, pinniug for the
excitement Of glorious war again, she
! ioiued the band of the 2lst Missouri, in
which she performed excellent service on
The bsse-drum until her arrest.
In appearance she is thck-se,, ful'-faced,
has short hair of Ig,. color, aud blue eyes.
In uniform one would never suspect her TO
be a woman she looks much like an un-
Sophisticated country lad Of twenty years,
aud assumes modesly. I
| Lou. Morris alias Con Morris, the youn.
ger Of the two. is much better looking
than her companion, seems more active
and splghtly, ard consequently less
modest. She formerly resided in St.
Louis, from which place she enlisted in
the Red Rovers," of tue 10 Missouri
Cavalry, eighteen months since, and served
nine months, passing unhurt through sew
ersl engagements She then deserted
and, coming to Memphis, lived as a wo>
man until meeting with Jane Short, with
whom she started for the wars again as
teams,er in the "a h Missouri Jnfsutrv.
They were never acquainted before meet
ling at q hotel in this city. They claim
that they have not revealed their sex, nor
was j. discovered by any Of their comrades
since they entered the serviee, and that
their enlistment was prompted by patriot
ic motives only. They wanted to do
small share towards licking the rebs."
as Lou. said.
The cause Of ibis arrest, Lou. informed
us, was, that Jane became frightened at
the report that the regiment was to be
sent out, with others, to meet Forrest,
and revealed their sex to one of the off
GERS, who reported them to headquarters,
where they were sent to the provost mar
shall Of the right wing Of the lGln army
corps, and thence TO Memphis. Lou said
she was not frightened, aud intends to
Join another regiment if she gets The
chance. Jane is coLtenl TO return 10 The
paths Of peace again. Lou when dress ed
in uniform looks as ii;lIe like woman rs
her companion, aud presents 'Its a!,pe~r~
ance OF q handy boy Of Is. hey are boti!
much tautrd 5y exposure. 1t Ia Tie IN
tention Of the authorities 10 send them to
their homes, if they have any.
Lou, meulloued above, is tie young
woman who was seen at the plsyost mar
shal's Office in this city Yesterday. She
halls originally from Mexico, Adfain coun-
ty, MissC ur, and is named really Lou.
Eubanks, instead of Lou oiiias B.l Nor
ris. She GO, acquainted with some mem
bers of the Sd Iowa Cavalry. Company G,
who were stationed at Mexico, 1862, bv
which acquaintance martial disposition
was cultivated, and in Octoler, 1862. she
LET, home and came TO this city but did
no enter the army till last spring, when
she enlisted in Memphis. She never be-
longed TO the Red Rivers" She speaks
with great glee of driving her team along
unrecognized by ",he boys" Of the 81
Iowa, with whom she used TO be acquan-
ted, She appears to be giFl Of good
character.
| McCLELIAN.-The Schenectady Star
(independent.) but which has sustained
the administration in The main, speaks cf
Mcclellan from the knowledge Of lis edi-
tor. 1t calls him "a Jackson in .irmne.s
"a Douglas in al that is sttictly jIst hs-
tween the north and the south :" and
again, ":he superior of Abe in statesman
ship, in military ability, aud in that n.'ss-
raj dignity Which should always be attacks
ed TO the Office of Prcs;d "
| GEN. LOGAN Ann GEN MCCLgxS
| The Chicago Pos. gixes MS TO an,leys,an,.
that both these generals will support Nc
CLELLAN for the presidene. It says hey
have always been democrats sss .iil
democrats, and, as ever, body viii ere
lonC, have occasion TO submit, are likely TO