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The woman in battle
Loreta Janeta Velazquez (1842–), 1876
Named on the page for Battle of Shiloh.
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Passages that name the battle; the whole book is at Internet Archive.
6–7 April 1862
Battle of Shiloh
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
WOUNDED.
The Morning after the Battle of Shiloh. — My Return to Camp. — A Let ter from my Memphis Lady-love. — A sad Case. — My Boy Bob Missing.
RUNNING THROUGH THE FEDERAL LINES.
At Charlotte, North Carolina. — Arrival of Longstreet's Corps, on its Way to re-enforce Bragg's Army. — I obtain Permission for Myself and other Officers to go on the Train Southward. — I arrive in Atlanta, Georgia, and receive Letters from several Members of my Family. — I learn for the first Time that my Brother is in the Confederate Army. — I receive Information of the Officer to whom I am engaged to be mar ried, and whom I have not seen since the Battle of Shiloh. — I make an Attempt to reach Him, but am unable to do so. — Failing in an En deavor to become attached to General Armstrong's Command, I deter mine to undertake an Expedition through the Lines. — Finding a Sup ply of female Garments in a deserted Farm-house, I attire Myself as a Woman. — My Uniform hid in an Ash-barrel. — An Invasion of the Dairy. — I start for the Federal Lines 288
GENERAL LUCIUS M. POLK. 189
selves according to his wishes, and he confidently expected that in time he would be able so to soften the lady's heart towards him, that she would accept his hand. His dreams of happiness, however, were cut short in an untimely manner, for 1 saw him fall, while fighting bravely, about two weeks subsequently, at the head of his company, at the battle of Shiloh.
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