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

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Our land tot thee her thanks shall yield,
thousand years thy name be chanted,
Here where tho Hill Of Law is planted,
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We pray .All-Father, Our dependence, u -,
Il To bless thee and thy far decendanta, r..;ii N
And those they rule, thousand years! &
y. AfCONFEDERATE AMAZON.
Exploits ON the Tented Field OF Mrs.
isonner, Alias Lieut.. Harry Buford.
Saturday Mrs, q. n. Bonner, better
known throughout the south as Lieut..
Harry Il. Buford, arrived in this city
fromaNe Orleans, en- route to New
York. This distinguished lady has per-
haps gone through more hardships and
done more for the Confederate States
during the slate unpleasantness" than
any woman within the borders of the
section so designated. Like all our
southern women, Mrs Bonnerwas filled
with that unpreced dented love of country
and patriotism, so beautifully exempli-
fed by the women Of the south during
the war, and, unwilling to see. those
'whom.she held most dear march to the
front, she made preparations, notwith-
standing her sex, to participate actively
in the strife. During tho month of
June, 1861, she left New Orleans, in the
full uniform of recruiting officer, and
went direct to ArkansaL, where she soon
succeeded in raising o company of vete-
rams. :, AS first lieutenant, under Cap
q tain IN Weatherford s3i ahe left Arkansas
with the company and went to Key
West. Here she was reluctantly COM
PEELED to leave the command which she
fOx ~, Il L,
SO much attached, on the ground of in
competency, as alleged by the COM
mander of that post. Determined to
allow no impeachment to make her
swerye 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
first 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
and 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-
pose OF settling the vexed question. but
after seeing the dashing looking Young
officer they concluded not to perform
their mission. She was taken before
the mayor. released, allowed to retain
her uniform, and ut once commissioned
to perform any services for the confed-
eracy which she might be called upon
to perform. As her sex had been qnes-
toned, IT not known, she resolved to
leave Richmond, and rejoiced when
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 asa spy into Missouri. Af-
ter rendering inestiniable servicein this
capacity she went to Mississippi, and
from there back to New Orleans, where
she Joined the 21st Louisiana regiment.
then being organized, and reported 10
General Nillipigue. KIP q & q
Keoelving her commission MS first
!leutenents she iwonbsto Memphis, and
from Shere stoa Shiloh, where sshe was
badly wounded in Tho right Shoulder on
the hrst ditytof the battle, April 6, 1862.
While recovering from the effects of her
wound her sex was again discovered to
her modification, and Gen. Beaure.
gard and others were astonished to find
out that the gallant young officer was
lot of the stronger sex. Unable to dis
suade her from participating in active
warfare, she was commissioned to 90 to
Atlanta, pass through the lines, and act
as SPY, Upon reaching Atlanta she
was 'compelletli TO wait several days
Tor further orders. and instead of stay
ing In that city, she ran up to Dalton
and Chattanooga, and participated no.
lively in both fights, returning to At
lanta alday or two before tho necessary
orders arrived. From this section Of
the country she was ordered aboard of
blockadefs from different southern
ports to the Indies, and often was the
bearer of important dispatches to to for. ?n
eign ports for the Florida and Shenan.
doah. She seized every opportunity.
whether III the south, in The north, q,
in foreign land, to render assistance to
the gout BERN soonfed deraey. She has 10
receipt now in her possession for $3.50,
which she collected from the United
eszsoldiersyof Commod odorey Brissels'
heet. Stlieh at Bridgeport, Barbadoes,
and sent to- southern hospitals, although