, 1869-04-11
MISS MAJ. DR., MARY WALKER
An Incident of I1cs Cnrccr.

SeA' ~%o -'EN SIN4nS
It xas considered OF sufficient importance 70 tc.
fgr2Ph tIrungh tie country, IS an Interesting
item 81 Intelligence, that General Grant had de-
eltne4 70 receive this distinguished representative
ol Sotoss IN the GNIl, which she deems essential
to he: dsFnltT aud rights This course OF General
Grant i last1ned BY precedent In the history Of
thls tndepen,ltntmlndcd female.
During The late war President Lincoln Insisted
upon commissioning the Doctor and sending her
70 the Army or Tennessee to administer TO the
sex sSa ana .eted o. he army i wss While Dis
Sherman and Johnstou vera confronted near
Dalton. thai the Major Doctor wandered sume dis
lance iEom the nnes Of the Federal command, IN
pursuit or heFtr and medicinal p.antA
and was gobbled up ty one Of General
Wheeler's scouts. brought to the healnQsr1ers
q the General, The captoE Of Miss Major Doctor Il
Z w, who was rather rough specimen OF Ten
nesseean, announced 10 the General that be ha1
captured "l1se crtttur. - hut whether II was q
man Or woman, Or combination Of both, be could
not determine. Presently the nondescrlpr captive
~aa pfesenteSs to the Confederate General She
was tlrGSscd In s1F-hlHe eoat and scarlet pants
WITH assal.has ~ I'd long plume. The only
pills and gysteE pipe To the inquiry who Abe
waS, sne I.sronded she was Maior and Surgeon
IL re TnisS e. sta.es Amy, and thai though. gram
was fully prepared for all the duties and raspopst
bities Of military service She then aske to b sent
10 the headanaTess Of General Johnston, which
only difficulty In granting her request was, thai
theve was 70 atnhslaact at the disposal Of tho
General "oh. caa s.de, Of course. al my com
suSEeEted; there was no such article Is q slde-sad-
die Ia ncc!erl s CAMP When thIS ttllIlcuttY Was
stated to her. ste REPLIED that she never usel a
SUE 6alde she rode u other soldiers dill, and
there Vas no horse IN Whcelefis command she did
not thlnk herself competent ~ manage. Accord
ingty. large, powerful and samcw hai res.tve anl-
NAL. vSas procured for hef,-Rnl being sa,Idletl
Miss Aatnr n. Z W. lrnpcd on h,s uark, md
psungins her spurs into his loins started on win
: gn!lop, followed, nor Ta&d5us c1nis, By her
guard Now II happened that as the some y hai IN.
tanned anltcnl approached the camp Of the Lo1tsi.
ana shas1thnotera commanded BY our gallant
isepd, MItr Anst.n, his r.llop had increased into
Wild aaa lmretuolls charge, AMI soon dia1a1ctng
the cscoft, and, doubtless, somewhat stimulated
by the heroic quAi.tses Of his tI,er, he plunge
yt1'ly tasS sne .ey sens.s nf tne canp Of tne
l@nie amopg the gallant men, who hah woa the
lame o. the hardest lighters IN the Army OF tnc
Mess . nas , who ts noK incoattnently re1 to the
but that the dtra waa too much for them. 1t may
certainly be urged In e1tennaiion Of this hrst
i9,,1ase ,, Of H. saa5snootsrs :sng way q
A. < W., Ia her novel costume with long rluine
streaming from her aat her Rrrtn coat aud scarlet
q Rrcat, ceI, snotttug aud furious horse. wns 4
novel nnd extraordinary fnec.4elct we'll calculated
tosteite tho superstition. fears Of soldiers
FINALLY, however, the MsJor rraehel the general
neatlqnaTterA Enerr, by gallant daah OF Con-
lc1eEate on,ecr. her 11retuDus charger was cheek.
Cd. hnd brought to q bali. Her arrival VIA dalv
announced to General dos z. Johnston BY one Or
his stsn- who Informed the General that a woman
bearing Major ! comm ssnn In the United States
afulF. Rnd afI2yeI In Uniform and nla+culiue A.
ure, bad heen captured, aod was veg urgent 10
sec hin
"ur.ler out the whole gunr1t." exclaimed that
usually very cain and collected commander 4tUr-
der out my whole guard to protect the neahquar-
fearful Amazon Is conducted As quickly and "a
far rs possible to the Yc4r. Send hey to Richmond
where she xtll nnd dsstinsuished os1cera Of her
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