Show r WOMAN YOMAN WHO YON WON TITLE OF U O COLONEL I I Only Ono One In n tho United n SUites States tn Army y Mado d a Record In lri ii the tho Civil WOI Governor Yolo Gava Hot Her Hera I a 2 a 0 Commission for foil Services Now Living In fU San lh I I I u u u Major Hello Reynolds formerly of ot II Il Illinois lIn is tho the only woman w mun over ever commis commissioned aio ned as nn an officer of ot the United Slates army arm mir nm Is now no spending hor her declining years ye ars III in this city says OS a n San Fran Francisco cisco ci writer Major Reynolds received receIve hor he heIll r commission front from Governor Yates of ot Illinois Ill the father of or tho time present gov governor or nar as a Il mark of ot recognition of or hor her conspicuous cn service to time the soldiers dur during ing lU g the tho civil war Var anti especially those from Crom fr om Illinois Few l ew of ot the tho veterans of ot tho th e union saw sow more of ot time tho hor hoc horrors ro rs of the thc war wor Luau limn Major Reynolds mid am m Don Goti Sherman WitS was ss as writing Ills hILi hiI S memoirs ho Ito twice took look occasion to mention m her hol valuable services to soldiers Aol so The ihie lal record of oC the nr ur lilies tit les of dl t Illinois In lii the civil conflict gives Ios several se seO seq seh sede pages Inea Ila s to lo Major Reynolds and amid O Or Grant Orant nut and amI John A Logan Ire fre frequently q spoke In terms onus of ot eulogy of ot her hn h ot Major Reynolds Is hI now no I time the dent de nt of or this the Womans Parliament of or southern so California soA Major Reynolds lI maiden mol len name namo was Arabella A She lute was born In Falls Mass Ia tt In iii 1813 When tien she Ahe s he was It II years rears old ol she he moved with shi lift hi nt to Iowa which was W S then thou a wild w Ild and unsettled country Two yearn care later la lant ter she sl went w nt east to 10 complete completo her nt duration and amid upon her return taught the he t first school choel In Case Coss county count coun Iowa Iown In li liI t April she sho was WM married to John O 1 I Reynolds and with him she moved to t o Peoria III Ill Rumors humors of ot the tho war var were already ti rife anti and on Ott tho the first anniversary sary SUI sl tt of at her lien wedding day cia tho the north was WM thrilled t with the news miens that t Fort lort Snip Burn Burner er Io t sr r hind had been llred on Mr Reynolds having nIng hi hib some time before to toe be b e the first to enlist in case coso of or war was m ns tho thin first t four tour men timen enrolled In I n Peoria enlisting among the Seven Beven t Illinois volunteers three months men lIun m antI and soon was sas ordered or ered to the time front JOINS HUSBAND IN fl CAMP CUIP CAMPIn In the Iho following August Mrs Rey fley Reynolds ne 11 decided derl ell to Join her husband who Wa W s 5 Ihen In camp cAn al at BIrds Point Mo Friends F and on relatives by b the tho score ad tid v entreated the young bride to LO keep k at nt home and not 1101 to take loke the awful risks r of f a 0 soldier sol ler In the Held full lie But Dut it was 19 all to no avail nall Site She arrived In comp camp c on oil the Three days later orders or a or canto camu to break camp comp anti and site she he heWL WL along f I he lie was Will but bUl 19 tall handsome and an vivacious 1 The rhe whole camp was waR de do 11 lighted l to tn have hae her there and nd among tn the ue t sick nick and amid wounded her hel presence was wasa a n na ti a A JL visit Sll train from a tt guardian angel on el elt At t Cai q II e mU the tile regiment re went sant Into nto i I duty luty dut for tor a month or so The battle haUle of Ir followed and a In Iii It Mrs Ir Reynolds tOIled for tor the first fi fit time line the tho horrors honors of war wal During the he t buttle mettle aho retrained remained In the rear suffering s time the anguish of or uncertainty ns OR ORto aso to t o the tho fate of ot her husband Twice there here t th came carno the news that her husband had h ad been heen mortally wounded at nt the tho front but html litter later lot r she found that tho the re report port POTt Wits was false tuille When the tho battle was over she Rhe went vent wenton venton on the field ministering to 10 time the needs acetIc of ot the wounded and antI dying She helped set let setup letup up UI the first amputation table lable In a 0 log lo esbin there and lint she sho ho hiss has related lI that the fo so numerous that several everal rea tM wooden woodell buckets of or the tho crimson blood from tho the minified ed gun run shUt wounds of or the agonized ol Jers w wie rc Ill emptied out In Iii time the course courle of ot n a few tew hours hour Sho She was IU the first woman on Jl t field and nd tIll thin rood she did there Is it Inexpressible rite war lor dill patches to Washington all told of ur her labors for tor the 1 dying Almost t Immediately tho the Seventeenth wa was ordered to Ui move southward The s great ent camp was toil full of ot excitement Mrs Reynolds request to go with the thu troops to what every eVor one felt was to 10 be in int t I lie he mightiest battle of or the west vest was wa denied The believed bJeld time cant I was vas 10 J and severe for tor nn woman omon So while the Illinois regiments marched hastily away awo with no till camp I outfit or extra baggage of ot any ony Mon lion Mrs Ir Reynolds remained nt at Fort For Henry Benr anti and for tor the tIme comfort of ot o t the tile men In Iti the tho hospitals TIm HOSPITAL A week later Inter February IS 1562 2 iho tho tb newts of ot Grants wonderful victory victor nt nl a t Fort Donelson on on the time Cumberland Cum nv rl lOr en r thrilled th the north ns liS much as nl did td the news of ot the battle of or Manila and amid Mrs Irs Reynolds s there with all 1111 ni speed plied to tim help soldier boys hoys There were Won C over oer tOO wounded In the he hospitals and In arm In lri tho the country homes of ot that hat locality and then Just JO O 0 years old threw sell nil her vigor Into time the hospital service She Bhe Sh washed Ish gunshot wounds woun s listened to th Ih the faltering words faintly lisped by b dying soldiers ol ler and site she helped nt at t time the amputation tables which wore won C I hastily constructed by h placing pine in 0 I boards across barrels She was relieved I on n March 22 2 and went southward to t 0 Join In fn the fortunes ot of the camp of or the tho tim Seventeenth Illinois Those were 0 great days In warfare The TIme army of ot the th e southwest was massing ooOO strong Iron at a church near Landing Landini C The Time Confederates strong untIe under r General Albert Albort Sidney Johnston and an tl were coming tom log from fro the tim C south The Time belief helle that n a tremendous S battle Mittle was at hand hond was waR shared by h t everyone verone Three weeks before Shiloh it was wa fought Mrs met her hor hUll bus band In camp CaL Col Reynolds hal had mean meon meanwhile while been made assistant adjutant it general upon staff Here e In camp Insufficiently fed tOtt through throng hm chill chili and frost and amId rain the troops slept ut utOn on nn the ground and Mrs Reynolds Lu shared time the common lot It Is la I n a 1 won wonder tier der 1111 that nil all did not nol die te of ot pneumonia There Thull were Ivere sounds of or cannonading ln anti on 11 skirmishes h In the Iho locality of ot the camp CAmpetI every etI day Ia Once a n small cannon ban ball tore through Mrs Reynolds tent and smashed the tont tent pole In splinters lver one felt tell that the battle might lK begin ln at III any an hour Mrs Mra Reynolds never left lett camp amp COOKING IO DIFFICULTIES On Sunday Bunda morning the of or April the camp was tas nil all excitement Never Mrs Mt Ir i Reynolds was bound to have one good meAt for tor her husband be Lt before before fore the battle So she ihme procured a n can iru uw of at and some seine Hour flour four from the I Itier nil nu lulor tier and began to 0 prepare a 0 fe uit for herself h and husband over the open ca burning In front of ot the tho head headquarters quarters q For I or weeks wel a n desultory firing had b ad been boon kept up imp between the two nr iii ma les Suddenly n u yell ell went up front from the camp ca mp anti an orderly on m a I smoking horse lm orso dashed Into Inlo camp bringing infer Information mation atlon mn that the lie rebels had hiatt made mollo an nit Oi attack a In itt force torce anti and conveying convoyIng orders for tor fo r the lie Seventeenth to tall fall in tn and und move mauve forward to Amid tho the roll roil of oC drums rums and the ti tito me bugle calls cn the lie shouts anti and un rushing ru to lo and amid fro tro of ot the tho wildly wll ly excited X dIed men muen arming a and making ready rend for Instant battle attle b Mrs Ir Reynolds emptied tho con contents rn tents te of or her frying trying pan pon Into Inlo her Imer hot hus husbands bands ands b haversack ns 01 almo ho came Caine out of oC the Iho tent te it ready for tor the thc advance nce Tuesday morning alarming won Wil ilea clear leo anti anil om cloud loss le ss Mrs ill 1 Reynolds s Mrs Irs Norton and andrs Mr M rs Cunningham n a 1 professional who w ho had In the time meantime arrived left ler the ti me boat boal and made mn e their way between hete n the tho t he dead eod of or both armies to lu tho time little log lo g church of ot which hind hod been een turned t Into Inlo a 1 hospital anti and presented pre a I ghastly g sight Here the array army surgeons were w ere nt at work vork In tho the small I anteroom attached a to the church their thell operating ing i ng table lohle being Improvised of ot n a 1 plank placed I across two barrels barre It H 1 wax was wn a 1 rightful frightful f scene a wagon load 1001 of or human arms ims a and legs had hod been be n cut away uway from Crom frome the th e soldier boys bos Many a n strong man mon mannow manow now n ow used to the horrors of or war could coull not n ot remain In that building and hastily got g ot out into the time fresh freeh air On 0 the he hI floor fl of ot the church were vero men writhing a cursing cUrinI and anti pleading for or writer water which nobody hind had ho undertaken to 10 bring PROVIDES S WOUNDED WITH Wll WATER Mrs Ir Reynolds stepped outside and called c for tor or volunteers to go RO Whim her lien to tolie the lie river for Cor water stater Fifteen I soldiers re responded Iu s anti and at al the tho lie boat they the were fur tur furnished i with buckets coffee corce and 01 am hard har hardtack hartack tack ack t tl not tho the proscribed diet for tor Invalids lava Inva lids ids l l s but bill a a blessing to lO the lie wounded many mammy mun of or whom wham wore mere starving Thai hat night time the Ihl women returned lo to the Iho boat which had taken laken on another load loat The rho little ittle II l te vessel essel needed l e ed constant guarding from the Iho enemy hen VIen Sunday SUn oY came camo once more Mrs ills Reynolds had not nol been In bed bod for sew sev seven se seen sewen en nights and amid on days ae The rime little Ito rest slut she i had caught had been while sitting silting with her hel h mei heath head h resting for tor a n few tow on the tall rail rai of ot the time boat bont when she would again oguin be Le roused rou 11 to care for the oun ed el On this day tny Yates Yoles ates of oC Il II Illinois I h an h oil accompanied by L a curia corpa of ot physicians Among moll the time latter later Wore were DID IIa Colburn of or her home 1111 men inca who imo had Known her a 0 year before as n a I blooming bride They The were shocked by her hor changed and haggard und timid Insisted In upon lIon her Imer 10 m e turning home for far rest reel Too roo co worn out anti feeble thle for resist resistance t tanN anN aimee she sho assented to the plans they made odo fur for her to 10 it return rei urn on the follow ing day duy with wih the tho lie gubernatorial party nant In iii the steamer Hawk Twenty members of ot her hor husbands husban s regiment regimen I nil all 0 of ot thom severely verely wounded anti and ont some Ime of ot them going to 10 die le wore moro on time the steamier steamer Nat lat Naturally the batlle but te of ot Land Landing ing lug of ur which she chic lied had been ben an eye eo wit wll witness ness ne s was the lie Ih chief topic of ut conversa conversation lion tion She SIte was called to upon answer ansel many technical te questions Sho Simo drew drewn tirena drw n a 1 map mil of ot the locality of or the tho light showed showell the tIme maneuvering of ot each corp and anti the lie purpose of ot time the movements the he gave cave Ile such hn accurate description of or the tM engagement that n time the man who save n ave General his Imi S first commission In the war wat wal of ot tho the re rebellion reo bellion holon exclaimed as IS she Bhe he concluded Why hr im this woman Is more deserving C Cof of ot a IL 1 commission than halt half tho time men who have 10 ve them YATES S ISSUES HER hEll lEn COMMISSION comISSION Why Wh not give cle her n a commission then themi Dr Colburn Governor Yates Votes culled called cale for Cor a IL blank blonk commission and Ind for tor a 0 pen neti en and on Ink atm i imade made lair her a 1 colonel Two to weeks later hater rested but far tar from frau recruited she returned to the corps corpe General lc leland used to o tell tehi tol of ot o othe the tho scene In time the camp of ot the Illinois volunteers the day da the first firt woman commissioned lon t In an In American war wa In Itt the world showed her coin mission to the tho soldier sol ler boys bOH There Thore was Wa shouting and yelling eling with wih delight and andover over soldiers marched past tast Major Mojo Hello Belo Reynolds He omit lent and saluted her heras Ito I as OR they thoy passed In spite of or the entreaties of at her he friends In Illinois Major Reynolds re rc remained Ith the Seventeenth Illinois Her ler relatives urged her hon to abandon n I her lien life le run orld amid Id scenes of or carnage und and rim go g o home Hut But lut she felt that Ihal she sho ho had hind ft a t mis mission i i ithe sion 1101 to 10 rm at nt the front of war wal r She Sho gave weeks to 10 alleviating time the lot of c if the tho Union prisoners that were vere restored restore d 1 to Hit the Ito army nt at the time VIcksburg i I der She Sho was the soldier sol ler boys hals coma com comrade cor i t rode rade their friend anti and fellow tello soldier r and they thc stood on no ceremony with wih wit h h hr hoc r although she was a 0 major Yet she is isIs exerted tIme the strongest anti and 01 most cheer clued r Ing Influence Inn len co upon them because of ot this Is IsIS very vcr ery feeling of ot comradeship She Sho was IS the soldiers comforter com Corter and ao counselor r Hundreds of or letters were swore written by it b J her for tor sick anti wounded men to dear den ir irto ones onos at home many man a n last word of ot f r ra n II dying man was Imparted by b her to ton I 0 n a 1 mother wife or sister at home All AU A II hi through She tho ho war she sat with wi sick lIck or wounded men amen until death or on health re ni f leho them Once when she ehe had ha almost aImo st to 10 go 10 home homp General L I 13 n g Ross hess wrote to lo togo I loto o ogo go ro home Ime General L I E I Ross Hoss wrote to I toI toco o her bier herI he I wish YOU yon 01 would stay ala sla It If you yorm Ol pass I bly il bl can Mrs Irs Tour Influence co o Is Isso so good upon the time boys bos |