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Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin
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Miss Richmond near Raleigh matches the heroism of Tennessee's Miss Brownlow as a skilled Unionist markswoman, joining her father's anti-rebel expeditions and scouting alone through mountains, once returning after midnight.
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-There is a young lady named Miss Richmond, residing near Raleigh, whose heroic acts fully vie with those of the famous Miss Brownlow of Tennessee. Her father is a daring Unionist, and recently escaped from an escort of rebels who had him in charge- Miss Richmond handles a musket. rifle or shot gun, with a precision and skill fully equal to any sharp-shooter, and is at any time ready to join the clan of which her father is the leader. whenever off on an expedition against the rebels She will go off at any hour, alone, as a bearer of information, and, on horseback thread the wild passes of the mountains, returning sometimes long after dark from her mission. From one of these expeditions she did not return until after midnight Even among the mountaineers she is regarded as a prodigy of courage and endurance. Wheeling Intelligencer.
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Miss Richmond, a skilled markswoman and Unionist supporter, aids her father's expeditions against rebels by carrying information alone through mountain passes on horseback, earning a reputation for courage and endurance among mountaineers.