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Hard Fight'n Women  Battle Reenactment Vivandiere.. Saley Wehmeyer Original image by dickbloom,com In 1863, the Cincinnati "Times" reported a skirmish between the Union forces and General Bragg's army, at Ringgold, near Chattanooga, and among other things said,-"Several of the fair sex were in the Confederate ranks, and certainly conducted themselves with a great deal of courage. . The Brooklyn, N. Y. "Times" of October, 1863, soon after the battle of Chattanooga, gave an account of a young woman who joined the army of the Cumberland, and endured many hardships and showed great courage and heroism. During one of the severest engagements she was terribly wounded in the left side by a minie ball, and was borne from the bloody field to the surgeon's tent, where her sex was discovered. The brave girl was told that her wound was mortal, and she was urged and finally consented to reveal her true name and the home of her parents who had mourned for her as one dead. These newspaper accounts were complied by Carrie Chapman Catt a suffrage advocate. She fought hard to try to win the vote for her sisters in arms!More accounts to follow in future blog...... Till next time Dick Bloom
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