One of the wounded Union soldiers happened to be none other than the young Private Bing who lay in agony on the very same spot where Commander Franz Ziegel had ordered that his company organized a line of defense.
Just a few inches from him, the Missouri State Calvary had attempted to force the Union forces back the entire distance of ten miles that already had cleared. Most of the Union soldiers were able to stand firm. Unfortunately, a young a Captain of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment had to accept he was defeated - for now. The Captain of the 1st Missouri Cavalry had been hit by by a .44 bullet from a Union soldier's Colt Army Mdel 1860, but soon discovered that the bullet must have missed his target since he didn't experience any pain or heavy blood loss... He was trying to come across as his usual stoic, proud self without letting anyone know that he secretly worried that the bullet might still be somewhere in his body...
Even though Jane only had studied at Geneva school of Medicine for less than a year, when a request came from the Union's Army to send their best student out into the field. All the students autonomisly nominated Jane. The first battlefield she was sent to was the Battle of Carthage. At the same time as Jane realized what unique oppertunity she had been offered she was slightly worried that the short training in medicine she had got until that point was most likely very limited. She hoped she only would be forced to treat minor injuries and illnesses since she had little to no experience of life saving operations.
She realized that she most likely would face harsh criticism from soldiers, and wounded since it wwasn't common or the norm to have female suregons serving in active war. Although there were plenty of Union nurses it still wasn't the same thing as having a female as a physican...
"Seeing that I'm the Union soldier's senior both in military rank and age I would consider it a personal offense if I was not tended to before him,"insisted Captain Darcy.
"Please, men! Both of you are injured can you not stop your bickering and realize how fortunate you both are to be alive!? the Union's army surgeon exclaimed.
"I mean no disrespect but are you an actual licensed physician? I mean you seem far too young to me to be an actual surgeon serving in the Civil War, stated Captain Darcy.
"Yes, the surgery that seems necessary not only to restore your vision but it may also save your life. I could, of course, choose to leave the bullet where it is but then you most likely will lose your vision. Of course, the surgery is very rare and at an experimental stage. There's a slight chance the surgery might kill you," explained the surgeon calmly.
The Captain of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment let out a grunt, he closed his eyes in an attempt to clear his vision. He sighed as he opened his eyes... Just as he was hit by that bullet he had heard a crunching sound, it seemed to come from his own body and head. After that, there was a deafening silence and everything he saw when he opened his eyes was nothing but pure darkness and different shades of black. Fortunately, his vision seemed to be returning as he now was able to identify blurry shapes. He was quite adamant not to let his conduct tell that he seemed to have lost the vision of his eyes that would most likely make the young surgeon insist he examined him and probably suggest a life-threatening but necessary operation. Darcy had heard rumors that some regiments in the Union Army allowed female physicians to serve alongside cavalry, soldiers with guns, and alongside muskets.
Colonel Fitzwilliam had previously arranged with Kitty Bennet that the two of them would meet at the Indiana border towards Kentucky.
Mrs. Bennet was just like any other middle-aged upper-middle-class woman in the Union states. Although there was one significant difference that separated her from her fellow female friends. It was also something of a personal disappointment to her - the fact that all her five surviving children had been daughters. did not think that was fair, life was not fair to her. Having one single unmarried daughter in these uncertain times that the Civil War was normally a cause of much distress and worry. Poor Mrs. Bennet had five daughters and none of them seemed able to present an eligible bachelor...
Even though parents were not supposed to keep favorites among their own children Mrs. Bennet was not shy to admit that she had favorites among her own daughters and it was pretty apparent who her favorite was. Up until her third daughter's last birthday, Mrs. Bennet always flattered and complimented her. However, that had all changed the year her youngest daughter had her first cotillion. While Jane was the epitome of an English rose and classic beauty Mrs. Bennet's new favorite was Lydia Bennet. If anyone dared or cared to ask the reason why Mrs. Bennet might admit that it was because her youngest resembled her both in beauty and in manners. As for the scond oldest Mary, Lydia often remarked that Mary was too plain and boring to attract a beau. Kitty or Catherine was not the youngest coincidentally Lydia and Kitty resembled each other perhaps not so much in beauty or appearance but in manners, likes and dislikes. Soon enough people began saying that Kitty Bennet was Lydia's shadow.
When Mrs. Bennet overheard a rumor that a certain Colonel was expected to call upon them shortly Mrs. Bennet already began to think whom of her daughters she could marry off. She had wanted Jane to leave the nest, but at this point, she would be deemed a spinster. Mrs. Bennet would be content if someone of the opposite gender came and took Jane off her hands. Ideally, she wanted her third daughter to leave and start her own household, especially since she feared Elizabeth's strange and liberal ideas would make her younger sisters follow in her stead. Of course, Mr. Bennet always had a soft spot for his third daughter - to Mrs. Bennet's disappointment, Elizabeth's mind was identical to her fathers. Until Mrs. Bennet's daughters' were engaged or preferably married Mrs. Bennet would waste no time in trying to secure the best future husband she could find not only in Detroit but entire Michigan.
Little did she know that Lieutenant Fitzwilliam's prayers on how to outwit the Union Army had been answered the moment he came across Miss Kitty Bennet from Detroit, Michigan. As the daughter of an abolitionist, with sisters that supported the suffragette movement who would honestly suspect one of Major Bennet's daughters would be a session supporter of the Confederacy? Kitty Bennet seemed innocent and sweet yet he wondered if perhaps she was a bit too naive...