The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-07-27

hand, and she made herself useful to the
officers of the regiment In the capacity of
a clerk. She was involved in the chances
Of five battles. but she escaped unharmed.
The officers never dreamed Of any question
as to her sex. She was finally taken ill
with typhoid fever and was removed to the
Pennsylvania hospital in PHILADELPHIA.
Here one of the female nurses discovered
her sex and the brave little girl was re-
turned to her own people.
. A Brooklyn girl, whose name is not given.
tried hard to enlist In several BROOKLYN re-
cruiting offices, without success. She went
to Ann Arbor, Mich, where she had rela-
tives and remained with them long enough
to ascertain the whereabouts of the Michi-
gan regiments. Then she went to Detroit
where she joined the drum corps of one
of the Wolverine regiments. Her sex was
not discovered, and she was sent with her
regiment to the army of the Cumberland
She survived the hardships of the Ken
lucky compaign, where SO many strong
men went down. Her regiment had q place
in the division of the gallant Van Cleve.
and during the battle Of Lookout Noun
tain she was struck in the left side by q
mimic ball. The surgeon discovered her sex
and told the girl that her wound was NOR
tai. She dictated a letter to her parents
in Brooklyn and died within an hour after
she was shot.
Mrs. Belle Reynolds, the wife Of Lieut..
Reynolds, of Co. A, 18th Illinois regiment,
was with her husband during several heavy
battles, including Fort Donelson, and for
her valiant conduct was commissioned a
major by Gov. Yates, Of Illinois. Mrs. Rey-
nOldS, however, made no effort to conceal
her sex.
young woman, 10 years of age, attend
ing convent near Wheeling, w. Va, ran
away from the institution to .Soin the army
in 1862. She enlisted, undiscovered as to her
sex, in the End Tennessee cavalry and ac-
ed ha of ha Nj nd
Nashville. She was In the thickest of the
fight at Murfreesboro, and was wounded
in the shoulder. The surgeon who dressed
her wound discovered her sex, and Gen.
ROsecrans was made acquainted with the
case. The young woman was mustered out.
Rosecrans was very favorably impressed
with the girls nerve, and himself saw to
the arrangements for shipping her to her
people. She did not proceed to her home,
but went to Bowling Green, where she en-
listed in the Sth Michigan as a reglmentol
bugler. She was a first-rate horsewoman
and bravely endured the hardships incident
to the life Of a soldier. She gained some
reputation as a scout, having made several
remarkable expeditions which were attend
ed with signal success. She was tall girl
of good figure, auburn hair, and big blue
eyes. When her sex was discovered for the
second time and she was mustered out
she took it good naturedly and went to
the home of her parents. This young woman
stat ed that she had discovered great many
women in the army, and that she in
timately acquainted with young woman
who held a lieutenant's commission. She
had, she said, assisted In burying three fe-
male soldiers at different times, whose sex
was unknown to any but herself
The history of Major Pauline Cushman,
the federal scout ans spy, IS familiar TO
students Of the civil war. Miss Cuchman
resided in Cleveland D., and, upon going
to Louisville to take part in a theatrical
entertainment, she was arrested as South
ern spy by the federal authorities. She
proved her loyalty by offering to enter the
| secret service of the Union army. Her SER
vices were accepted, and her achievements
are matter Of history. She penetrated the
Southern lines time and again in the dis
glliSe of a confederate soldier, and her ideIl-
thy was never discovered.
girl named Annie Lillybridge of De-
troit, became betrothed to a lieutenant in
tile 21st Michigan, and determined to share
the fortunes of war with him without his
knowledge. She enlisted in the same regi-
n,ent, but in another company, and care
fully preserved the secret Of her identity.
One Of her comrades, after several months
Ct hard service alongside the girl in Ken
lucky, became aware Of the secret Of her
sex, but promised to hold his peace about
it, and when he was killed in battle the girl
l,ound his body on the field. She was finally
disabled by a shot in the arm, and, her
Sex being discovered, she was sent home.