Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
WOMEN AS SOLDIERS.
Amazons Of Many Countries Who Have
Done Valiant Service.

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Anazons Of Many Countries Who Have
Done Valiant Service.
There were thousands Of womer
soldiers in the French revolution. Az.
ter the fall Of the Bastile battalion
OF young women took up arms under
the name Of the Amazons and render.
ed yeoman service, says the London
Express. Jeanne Lacombe, come
dienne, forsook the stage for the
field. Theresa F1gueur saw -four
horses die under her in battle. Other
Amazons were pensioned by Napoleon
and one was decorated with the LIE.
gion of Honor.
The Amazon Of the Cossacks" Il
the daughter of a Vladivostok mer-
chant A skilled horsewoman and RI
1e shot, she distinguished herself
greatly in the Russo-Japanese wal
and at the beginning Of the present
year she was made ward of the
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an Italian woman. Signora Mario
who fought with Garibaldi, and
Mother Jerrethout" a heroine OF
the Franco-German war, died last
year. She fought in male uniform
on the walls Of Chateaudun, and al
Ablis she took two prisoners.
Mother Jerrethout's" end was pa
thetic. She had made a great name
for herself as the Florence Nightin-
gale Of the Franco German war, had
received the cross of the Legion OF
Honor and numbers of lesser, medals,
Yet she died forsaken and in poverty
An attempt to make amends signal
lied her burial In August, 1906. A
picket of soldiers followed the coffin
to the grave and old soldiers who had
been her comrades In the Held mus
tered from all parts Of France to say
| farewell.
The American civil war bred 9
whole corps of women soldiers. Many
women served throughout the entire
war without their sex being discover
ed by officers or comrades.
Pauline Cushman, an actress, was
captured in male uniform by the Con-
federates, and was rescued by her
companions just as she was about to
be hanged as spy. Pauline was SO
successful in the field that for her
faithful services there was conferred
upon her the rank of major.
Still more successful was Bridget
Danvers, known as Irish Biddy.'
Bridget performed wonders as q
nurse, hospital steward, surgeon, vi
vandiere and private soldier. In one
battle she had three horses killed un-
der her. The war did not give Brid-
get her fll Of fighting, so she after
wards crossed the Rockies and en-
gagged in campaigns against the In
| dians.
A woman known as Frank Thomp-
son carried messages through sho,
and shell at Fredericksburg disguIs-
ed as an orderly. Her name, did not
transpire until twenty years after
when she obtained a pension and was
Iadmitted to the Grand Army Of the
Republic.
faithful spouse who refused to
be parted from her husband was Mrs
Reynolds, wife Of Captain Reynolds
Co. A, Seventeenth Illinois regiment
She rode at his side, In male attire
through almost the entire campaign
There was never time when this
heroic and sacrificing little woman
fiinched or hesitated in time Of battle
or on long marches. On the field az
ter a conflict she would go about
ministering to the sick and dying, and
the Angel Of the Regiment. Like
Pauline Cushman she eventually re-
ceived a commission as major in the
army.
sharpshooter, Joined the ranks and
served as a color bearer. Romantic
Ellen Goodridge enlisted in her low
er's company, and rode as q common
soldier by his side right through the
war. Frank Henderson" Of the
Nineteenth Illinois, was really g
young girl who enlisted because she
could not bear to be parted from 'hel
brother.
Mary Owens of Danville; Pa, want.
ed to accompany her husband In the
war and share with him It's hard
ships and its victories. The brave lit
tie woman fought at his side until he
was killed. In the next battle she
was severely wounded and had to be
sent home. her discharge papers bear
ing the tribute: "A more faithful SOL
dier never shouldered a musket."
The civil war, of course, did moi
have a monopoly Of women soldiers
There have been female warriors ir
all countries from Boadicea and Joar
Of Arc to the amazon Of the Cos.
sacks" who startled the world al
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such examples a few Of special inter
est may be cited.
There was English Moll (Mary
Ambree). who in 1884 headed 1,00(
men against the Prince Of Parma and
sustained an unequal combat with
5000 Spaniards for seven hours, chal'
longing any three Spaniards to try
their powers against her single arm
There was valiant James Gray
| (Hanna SnelD, a hosier's daughter
who fought in the war Of the Spanish
succession, received innumerable
wounds, was pensioned by Queen
Anne and at her death was buried
with full military honors in the Gem
etery of the Chelsea hospital.
There was hardy Mrs. Christian
Davis, trooper of the Scots Grays, ar
Irish Amazon, who was wounded al
Families. And there was able Sea-
man" Rebecca Ann Johnstone, who
fought and died on one Of Nelson's