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crater surprise

__________________________________ From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in September 1866: BODY OF A WHITE FEMALE SOLDIER FOUND IN THE CRATER AT PETERSBURG. – The Petersburg Index says that the grave diggers at the crater have unearthed, a short distance … Continue reading

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make love, and war

Spring’s not a bad time to celebrate the creative arts. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in April 1865: A corporal of the 18th New Hampshire regiment was recently taken ill and sent to the hospital, and in a … Continue reading

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Charley Green

We know that women disguised themselves as men so they could serve in the ranks during the war. Some even served while pregnant. But to the extent that this story is true, “Charley’s” wound at Manassas is interesting – if … Continue reading

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Corporal Corpulent?

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in April 1863: A Young Corporal. The Rochester Union says that a private letter from an officer in the 20th Reg. N.Y.S.V., to a friend in that city states that a Corporal in … Continue reading

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Suspicions She’s a Spy

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 27, 1861: Patriotism and pantaloons. Subjoined is the story of a lady who could not reconcile herself, in the midst of the excitement of the war, to the passive patriotism of making shirts for … Continue reading

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