The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-06
LIEUT.. HARRY T. BUFORD /;
From the Richmond Va. Enquirer.
OR, THE LADY IN UNIFORM.

From the Richmond Va Enquirer]
Mr. Eidtor- Ii your paper of Saturday there
is an extract from the Mobile Register, which
Won publish under the title Of IAN Adventu
r"Us Lady 1t purports TO give an account O
Southern lady who served in the Confeds
rate army during the war as Lieut.. Harry i
Butord As was during that period well ac.
urIainted with Harry Butord, it may be Of in
terest to your readers to learn her history az
she reported it to me. Al the outbreak OF the
war she was living IN Arkansas with her L IS
band whose name was Williams. he was q
man Of Northern birth, and joined the North
era army. They We're in good circumstances,
ard sic bent true Southern womap, was
not willing to accompany him
Soon after his departure she collected the
necessary means, donned mans apparel, and
proceclei to ItXis, where she assisted III
Id.sln@ ana cqNpplng company 81 cavalry.
Sac was e'ected first lieutenant Of tin, COM
panv and with il came on to Virginia III 1901.
She fought in the first battle II Manassas
with courag. aud gallantry. and after r.Ialn-
ing IN Virginia about year she returned WIN
her coynrauv TO the South and was engaged
in the battle of Shiloh, where she was wound
ed and left within the enemy, lines. Then 1t
was that il was ascertained for the first time
that She was d woman During the whole
campaign in Virginia it was not suspected
even by those of her daily socrates that She
was other than she appeared to be-a gay,
dlsiing officer. After her wound was received
the was sent 10 New Orleans to al hospital
there, ana under the treatment Of DR.. Stone
soon recovered her health.
Then, as soon as she could, she left for New
Orleans and reported to Gen. Joseph l.. John
sion. then in command OF the Western army
and requested to be reinstated il the army,
I, Va.
perhaps, not knowing what to do with a
woman who claimed to be an officer, sent her
on to Richmond for her claims to be here at
headquarters acted upon and decided Here
she was received by Gen. Winder who, being
as much puzzled as Gen. Johnston had been
Is to shat ought to be done under the circum-
stances Of her case, sent her down to Castle
Thunder, with directions to Capt. Alexander,
the commnadant Of that prison. to give her
suitable accommodations there until further
orders. ! was officer at the Castle, and there
] made Harry's acquaintance. When She first
came there she was dressed in the full uniform
Of Is Confederate lieutenant, and no one, unln-
formed would have suspected she was a
woman Her face was bronzed by outdoor
exposure She was not handsome for a
W man. but was very fine looking officer.
During her stay ut the Castle She vas not
treated as prisoner, but was allowed to walk
about the prison as any OF the officers would
be. She very often assisted in the Office i'll
doing whatever writing might be given her to
do. She was q favorite with all the officers on
duty there and during her stay her deport
ment was uniformly correct and proper. She
wore her uniform all the time, and no one un-
acquainted with the fact would have suspected
that she WAS "A woman. After remaining III
the prison some two or three months Gen.
Winder, without deciding the question Of
rank, at h earnest solicitation, permitted
her to dress III ladies' clothing and
TO go to Alfalfa, Georgia, where she
had friends. At that place some time af,er
she had left Richmond, she married a Col.
Deihaup, Of our army, her first husband hav-
ing previously been killed and not long after
wards her second husband WAS also killed in
battle TIL S account is substantially her his
tory as declared by herself, II was current i'll
Richmond at the time she was here and
have no reason To believe that il 10. true l
saw her last III 1865, after the surrender in
Richmond, when she told me she was on her
way 10 New York to be employed as cores
pendent for ;he newspapers. ] have not heard
Of hsr since until to-day, when ! saw the artl-
Gle under tile above caption III Your paper.