Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-09

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Among The ssnt thrilling events sfathe
late war none can exceed the adventure q
Nm, Loretta DeCamp. the subject Of dis
sketch. Hrs. Deramp, whose maiden rsns
vas Roach. WAS born in the Wsst lnd6W -
1855. and u nov about - ysArs of -. AZ
IN early period, her pasents moved TO che
unIted STATES and ssAtlsd ia. the pasieh Of
St. James, L.. The cusssat Of hse life ~
snooshly on, until the outbreak sf she var
les Southern Indspsnd0cs, when, 0red BY
ssthusiasw in, - she Ahsught. the Cause
81. liberty, = she donned the male attire and
was aDoag.shs first to rush 70 arDs. Rsis-
ing . company iof cavalry and sqsipp'ng
It ~ her swn expense, she proCeeded ~
Virgins, and there served for eight
months, On Che Peninsula, under the com.
inand Of the celebrated Col. Dreux, before
hef sex was discovered. When this occur
led she was 1t once mustered out and or
dercd home. Instead Of obeying the ~ !.
der she proceeded to Columbus, Ky, and
was serving under Gen. Polk ct the evacu
alton Of that place. She proceeded to L.
land No. 10, but not beirg satisfied with
tia manner N which aEairs were conduct
ed there, she left and wcnt 10 Fort Pillow,
where she WAS elected LIST Lieutenant in
Capt. Philips company Of Independent
Tennes see cavalry. With her company
sic proceeded 10 Corinth, and reported to
Gen. A. S. Johnston. At the battle Of
Shiloh Capt. Philips feli mortaIy wound
Ell, aud the command Of the company then
dsyolyed upon her. While gallan,ly lead
IN. her company in charge, She was twice
wounded, aid carr cd from the field. Al
ter the retr. vt to Corinth she was taken to
New Orleans for SUI, ical 'reatms nt, and
when the city fell into the Federal hands
she vas among those taken prisoner. After
a confinement of several months shs was
paroI "a AID SON after exchanged.
Proceeding at once to Richmond, the dis
giised female soldier ~ as commissioned list
Lieutenant in the Adju.snt Generals dc
psrtment, and ordered to report TO Genera
Marcus j. Wright, commanding the district
of Atlanta. Upon reporting she was as
signed to duty with the Provost MarshsL.
as chief Of de.c,t and military conductor.
8 ring several months in this capacity,
she me. Nsjor De Camp, the 81 Arka. sas
Cavalry, to whom she was engaged to tc
married previous to the war. The cercmo
ny was then performed az Atlanta, and from
the dashing Lieut.. Roach she was trans
formed to the sober Mrs. Maj. De- Camp.
From this time her services ceased as an u
icer in the field and she vas engaged in Sc
oret service snnetires in the Coafederary,
az am in England, and then IN Canada. In
1864 she spent several months tTa"el a.. III
the United States, and even " cnt as far a
tue Sioux co1ntry in Minnesota. Her hts
b nd who was taken prisoner in the fall If
1863, while serving With his regiment il
Georgia, was Carl. q to New York Aftcra
long and arduous siege she at lcngih SUCCEED
ed in getting him paroled in January, 1865,
but he lived only eight day saiter his release
from prison, Subsequent to The death o
her husba d On Janua v, lsoo,) she pro
ceeded to Columbus, Ohio. to watch o'e.
the interests % the Confederate prisoners
confined al Camp Chase.
After the final collapse Of the Conieacra
cy Mrs. De Camp remained in the North
until last January, when sho returned 20
her home in Lyuisia ia; but remaining there
only few days she proceedei TO Memphis,
and purchase stock ofgoods which were
shipped on the illsfa'ed steamer Miami.
which was blown up on the Arkansas N
February. She was one Oft two ladies
who were saved, but with the sacrifice OF
al, her baggage and goods. By all unior
tunatc oversight on the part Of her ncr
chan,s, her goods wers n..s insured, aud
conseq uently, she LOST her all.
Mrs. De- Camp IS how in this eity,a' :, so
iourning at the southern Hotel. Many ~ho
served in the Confederate army will ren.cin
Der the dashing Lieut. Il ,ach, Of whom Sd
M ch WAS SAID ia Mobile and soltus, in 1868.
Our space VIII not permit full recital OF
her adventures st Louis hep,>itc N.