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The article tells of a female drummer of the Mich. Inf. said to be wounded at Lookout Mountain dies of wounds. Did this happen or is this a "camp story"?
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Umm. Not sure.
One thing you state 2nd Michigan. I don't see that in the article. It seems to state 'a Michigan Regiment' in the Division of the gallant Van Cleve.
I certainly question whether it was the 2nd Michigan for it was under Ferrero not Van Cleve. They also don't appear to be at Lookout Mountain. They are at Knoxville with Burnside's command.
Could it have been a different Michigan Regiment? Maybe. But why is someone from New York enlisting in a Michigan Regiment (New York State is easily large enough to be anonymous in)
Thanks for sharing.The article tells of a female drummer of the 2nd Mich. Inf. said to be wounded at Lookout Mountain dies of wounds. Did this happen or is this a "camp story"?
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Interesting! Also new to me: can you provide a source where I can learn more?Sheridan's entire pretorian guard was female at Chattanooga.
Sheridan's memoirs, volume 1 chapter 14.Interesting! Also new to me: can you provide a source where I can learn more?
Thanks for your response.Sheridan's memoirs, volume 1 chapter 14.
My memory served me wrong, They weren't pretorian guard. There were only two, a teamster and a private in a cavalry company.
Do you have a date and newspaper name for this?
It is complicated by the story being passed through several people's retelling the story before it got to the reporter was at liberty to embellish it.I can't find an Emily who had a sibling Ephraim in Brooklyn, in 1860- may not mean much since ' Emily ' could be short for Emeline, etc. Could take awhile tracking down the story.
Thanks for sharing the LinkOf interest
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Among the more prominent female soldiers were Rebecca Peterman, 7th Wisconsin Infantry; Sarah Emma Edmonds ("Franklin Thompson"), 2nd Michigan Infantry; Mary and Molly Bell, 36th Virginia Infantry; Jennie Hodgers ("Albert Cashier"), 95th Illinois Infantry; and Frances Hook, who served in six or more Illinois regiments. Their stories are reported in detail.