The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-09-28
a. Adventurous Woman !.

lowing sketch Of the adventures OF young
and beautiful woman during the war. It
will be remembered that the subject Of this
sketch honoFed our town with a visit some
three months since:
Among the many thrilling events of the
late war none can exceed the adventures Of
Mrs. Loretta De Caulp. Mrs. De Caulp,
whose maiden name was Roach, was born
in the West Indies, 10 1888, and is now
about twenty-eight years of age. At an
early period her parents moved to the
United States and settled in the Parish Of
St. James, Louisiana.
The current Of her life ran smoothly on,
until the outbreak Of the war for Southern
independence, when, fred by enthusiasm in,
as she thought, the cause of liberty, she
donned the male attire and was among the
first to rush to arms. Raising a company
of cavalry and equipPing it at her own ex-
pense, she proceeded to Virginia, and there
served for eight months on the peninsula,
under the command of the celebrated Col.
Dreux, before her sex was discovered
When this occurred she was ct once mus
tered out and ordered home. Instead of
obeying the order she proceeded to Colum-
bus, KY, and was serving with Gen. Polk
at the evacuation of that place.
She then proceeded to Island No. 10, but
not being satisfied with the manner in which
affairs were conducted there, she left and
went to Fort Pillow, where she was elected
First Lieutenant in Captain Phillips COM
pany of Independent Tennessee Cavalry.
With her company she proceeded to Cor
NTH, and reported to Gen. Albert Sidney
johnson.
At the battle of Shiloh, Capt. Phillips fell
MORALLY wounded. and the command then
devolved upon her. While calamity lead
ing her company in charge, she was
twice wounded, and carried from the field.
After the retreat to CoFinth, she was
taken to New Orleans for surgical treat
ment, and when the city fell into the Fede-
raj hands, she was among those taken Pris-
oner. After q confinement of several
months, she. was psroled and soon after ex-
changed.
Proceeding at once to Richmond, the dis
guised female soldier was commissioned
First Lieutenant in the Adjutant Generals
Department, and ordered to report to Gen.
Marcus J. Wright, commanding the District
of Atlanta.
Upon reporting at Atlanta, she was as
signed to duty with the Provost Marshal,
as chief of detectives and military oonduc-
tor. After serving for several months in
this capacity, she met Major De Caulp, of
the Third Arkansas. Cavalry, to whom she
was engaged to be married previous to the
war. The ceremony was then performed
at Atlanta, and from the dashing Lieutenant
Roach, she was transformed to the sober
Mrs.. Major. De Caulp.
From the time of her marriage Mrs. De
Caulp's services ceased as an officer in the
field, and she was engaged in secret SER
vice-sometimes in the Confederacy, again
in England, and then in Canada.
In 1864, she spent several months travel
ing in the United States, and even went as
far as the Sioux country, Minnesota. Her
husband, who was taken prisoner in the fall
of 1853, while serving with his regiment IN
Georgia, was carried to New York. After
long and arduous siege she at length sue
ceeded in getting him paroled in January,
1865. butt he only lived eight days after his
release from prison. A $50 q
Subsequent to he::death of her husband
lin January, 1860. Mrs. De CaulP pro-
ceeded to Columbus, Ohio, to watch over
the interests of the Confederate prisoners
confined it Camp Chase.
After the final collapse of the COnfedera-
cy, Mrs De Caulp remained in the North
until last January, when she returned to
her home in Louisiana; but, remaining
there only few days. proceeded to Mem
phis, and purchased stock Of goods which
were shipped on the Inflated steamer Mi
ami, which was blown up on the Arkansas
river in February. She was one Of the
two ladies who were saved, but with the
sacrifice of all her baggage and goods. By
an unfortunate oversight on the part Of
merchants, her goods were not insured,
and consequently she lost her all.
Mrs. De Caulp is now in this city, and
sojourning at the Southern Hotel r.
Many who served in the Confederate
army viii remember the dashing Liutenant
Roach land at one time Lieut.. Buford), Of
whom so much was said in Mobile and Sell
ma, in 1868. Our space will not permit
full recital of her adventures
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