|Battle of Cedar Creek| A regimental historian of the 36th
Virginia reports that while on picket duty, "Martin" killed
three Yankees and was promoted to Corporal. At Belle Grove
during the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, their
captain (in whom they had confided) was captured. When they
tried to confide in the lieutenant who took command, he turned
them in to General Early who admitted there were at least six
other women in his army. Though Parker and Martin had served
under Early for two years, he put them on a train to Richmond
where they spent three weeks in Castle Thunder Prison before
being sent home to Pulaski County, Virginia ... still in their
uniforms. Interviews with their former comrades confirmed that
Parker and Martin had been "valiant soldiers" who never shirked
their duty.