extraordinary truth about this soldier, that she was a woman serving among the ranks of men. while it was illegal for women to dress as men and enlist in either army hundreds, possibly more, did. we do not know the exact number. if a woman was successful she was not caught, and was able to slip back into civilian life after serving her country. in the decades after the war, the general number of women soldiers in the union army alone was estimated to be slightly less than 400, a number that was thought to be too low. in her words, i am convinced a larger number of women disguised him themselves for one cause or another than was dreamed of. two historians in their research on the women soldiers of the civil war document about 250 individual women soldiers, and they use a variety of documents. they used military documents, the letters and diaries of soldiers and hospital personnel, and also newspaper accounts from the day. richard hall, another modern scholar, in his publicat
the civil next on war, historical interpreters tell stories of some of the women who disguised themselves as young men and fought in the civil war. they outline how and why these women disguised themselves, what battles they fought in, and how they were discovered. the frederick county civil war roundtable posted this hour and 15 minute program. in 1911, nearly 60 years after the end of the civil war, a small and elderly civil war veteran of the 95th illinois was accidentally struck by an automobile while shoveling debris from the driveway. was summoned,r and in the process of setting the broken bone in the thigh, it was discovered that the civil war veteran was a she, and not a he. were it not for this automobile accident, we would not know the extraordinary truth about this soldier, that she was a woman serving among the ranks of men. while it was illegal for women to dress as men and enlist in either army, hundreds, possibly more, did. we do not know the exact number. if
3 the richland 3 penny tax program just released its annual report and. in it .details on where millions of tax dollars have gone since the program started.news 19 s loren thomas explains what the county hopes to get done this year. 3 richland county residents should be prepared to see more construction like here on greene street as the penny program plans to do even more work on roads in the county this year. we just finished the year so we thought it would be a good idea of what s been accomplished and give the citizens an idea of what they n see go to construction this year.. richland county transportation director rob perry says 31 million dollars went toward construction projects around the county last year. this year you re going to see more resurfacing, sidewalks, bikeways and our first real projects going into construction. according to the penny report ..127 million dollars in sales tax has been collected since the program s start in 2013. we re projecting anoth
the bus stop, get the umbrella and a jacket. afternoon, the temperature will be about 47 degrees and dealing with the rain and clearing out tonight. 53 treegs and lots of sunshine tomorrow. going to be windy and a high of 49 degrees. checking in on the road conditions getting ready for the commute. a little bit of traffic building up on 24. right now, the traffic is picking up. no problems as well. a little bit of a delay and right now, this is going to be on broad river road. a partial block on st. andrews. and some on 277 as you re passing south of 70. speed at 37 miles per hour. if you re going to the willy b, you take a look at that beautiful weekend forecast and the seven-day just in a few minutes. thank you. look forward to it. a traffic issue now. on 378 and bush river road is closed. that laep is expected to reopen at 7:00 a.m.. on your side this morning, richland county residents can expepe more construction on the roads this year. according to the penny prog
potential action against isis. so as you look at this fire fight, this is something that played out live here cnn on friday. turkey has isis basically knocking at its door of the neighboring town. and the people who live there say they fear for their lives at the prospect of isis breaking through and seizing this significant border town. also keep this in mind, turkey joining the coalition could change the picture, make it much bigger, too, especially if turkey sends in ground troops. right, that is a possibility. we don t know that for a fact. it could happen. a possibility. this could be a huge development. i have bobby goesh with me onset. as i walk towards this map, if we can bring the map up, which i will do. hopefully. as we look at this, and we talk about parliament convening. renewing the ability for them to say, yes, we want to enter the fight. they have yet to do that. but you say the timing is significant, why? also some of the language. to launch attacks into sy