| From the Mobile Advertiser &
Register |
| March 10, 1862 |
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| Railroad Accident |
| A Sad Romance |
| An accident occurred on
Wednesday evening {February 26, 1862}, on the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad, by
which several persons were injured, one fatally. The train which was
bringing the 23rd Alabama Regiment to this city, ran off the track a
few miles this side of Cleveland, wrecking the train badly. A girl, in
uniform, who was with the soldiers without revealing her sex, but who
did no belong to this regiment, was sitting on the platform of one of
the cars, had her legs so badly crushed that amputation was necessary,
and both were taken off, but without avail; and death put an end to
her sufferings last night. She gave her name as Lilly White, and told
a sad story of woman's wrongs. |
| She had disguised herself in
male attire, and joined this regiment with the expectation of finding
her deceiver, who is in the army, and avenging her shame. A few of the
soldiers were slightly wounded, but none others seriously. This poor
girl's fate is another warning against the danger of sitting on the
platforms of railroad cars in traveling. |
| Knoxville Register |
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