Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-17


Row let tho prosperous time bio sure
aitslY IS SsiS Il W gssf 9
81. Our land to- thee her thnnks shall yield.
A thousand years thy name bo ohhnted
ssS yassS fasas ssS a shS 9s S sid i planted
We pray All Father, our dependence, u o sisa
To e bless .s tlsei and thy far decendants,
al CoNFEDERATE AMAZON. Y?
Inxploits on tho Tented Field of AIrs.
lH9sopanpncr, 9spap ALIAS l,isut. Harry i,ufords
Saturday Mrs. %. H. Bonner. better
known throug ghont the south 'as Lieut.
Harry q. Bnford, arrived in this CITY
fromgNe Jew Orleans, en- route to New
York. This distingu guished lady has per-
haps gone through more hardships and
done more for the Conf derate States
during the late unpleasan antness' than
any woman within the borders Of tho.
secgion 30 designated. Like all our,
southern women, Mrs Bonnerwas filed,
With that mp dented loYeof country
and patriotism, 30 beapti fully eyernpli-
tied by tho women of the south during
Z the wal, and, unwilling to see 4 those
whom she held most dear march. to the,
front, she made ma prep tions, notwith-
standing her sex, to participate actively
IN the strife. During 4 the month \ Of
june, 1861, she left New Orleans, in the
full uniform of o recruiting officer, and
went direct to Arkansar, where she soon
succeeded IN raising o company of yete-
rams. AS first lieutenant. under tCap-
Tain Wealth ford ,s,i she left Arlsnnsas
with the company and went to ISey
West. Here she was reluctantly COM
PEELED to leave the command which she
had. organized, and to which che became
so much attached, on the ground of in.
competency, as alleged by the com.
mander off TINT post. Determined to
allow no impediment to mike her
sswerye from the line of duty marked
out by herself, she at once proceeded to
Virginia, and Joined Drew's battalion
OF New Orleans the day previous to the
firsb battle of Manassas, and participa-
ted IN that memorable struggle. a
short time after this she Joined the 9Th.
Louisiana, and for the first time her sex
was questioned, and she was arrested,
ana ordered to assume female attire.
Among hundreds of amusing adventures,
perhaps the best with which she was
connected took place during the time of
her imprisonment after this, arrest. a
committee OF ladies waited upon! her by
order OF the commander, for, the pur-I
pose OF settling the yexed question, but
alter I. seeing the dashing looking young.
otfices they concluded not to perform.
theirs " mission. She waH taken before
Sthe Sflt y mayo, M released. allowed to retain
her uniform, and ut once commission
to perform any services for the confed-
eracy which she might be called upon
to perform. As her sex had been cues.
: toned, if not known, she resolved ito
leave Richmond, and rejoiced when,
I Gen. Winder ordered her to the western
army for the purpose of scouting In the
vicinity of Okalona, Mississippi. The
reliability of the daring young recruit
was soon recognized and appreciated,
and General Quantrell sent her with
dispatches as, q spy -into Missouri, AZ
ter rend dering Ines stiniable serViceifi this
capacity she went to mississippi. and
from there back to New Orleans, where
ahe joined the 21st Louisiana regiment.
then being organized, and reported 80
General Villipigue. kBg FaF
hecelying her commission as first
i1eutennants q she wont to Memphis, and
from $hers &toi Shiloh, whefeBsho was
badly wound ed In the right Shoulder on
tho hfst day of the battle, April 8; 1862. J.
While recovering from the effects Of her
wound her sex was again discovered to
her modification, and Gen. Beanre-
gard and others were astonished to; find
out that the gallant young officer was
not Of the stronger sex. Unable to dis
suade her from participating in active
warfare, she was copimis to go Ito
Atlanta, pass through the lines, and act
as G Spy, Upon lrepehing Atlanta she
was tcolhpelleH TO wait several days
Tor further orders, and instead ief stay
ing in that city, sha ran up to Dalton
and Chattanooga, and participated he.
lively IN both fights, returning TO At
lanta e,day or tWoDhefore the necessary
orders arrived. From this section of
the country sbe. was ordered aboard of
bloekadefs from different sontharn
ports to the Indies, and often was tba
bearer of impo rtant I'd dispatches 10 for
eign ports for the Florida and Shenan--
doah. She seized every Opportunity
whebae III the SOD th, ,iii stli6 orEhs jt,,.
in 9 foreiga land, to render assistance to
the .sputh herE saoiif deraeys / Sid han ga
receipt now inther possession for $3.50.
which she collected from the United
Statesrgold diegsYof Cemnnod lore ,Brissels'
aees, SiisA at Bridgeport, Barbadoes.
and sent to. sonth hern hospitals, although
the money WaS guppOsed To have bean