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To: .45 Long Colt

16 years old and she ran through enemy fire to bring more gunpowder back to Fort Henry where the patriots were under siege.

The war was really over at that point but news didn’t travel very fast in those days so fighting continued.


11 posted on 01/27/2015 7:58:36 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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That's the story. It was important to my grandfather that I know all about her. Zane Grey's first novel was Betty Zane. She was his great-aunt.
15 posted on 01/27/2015 8:11:46 PM PST by .45 Long Colt
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