If the Senator will permit. as to the claimant: She was in frequent communication with the Federal troops and. by her acts and the open expression of her sympathies. made herself extremely unpopular outside of the Federal lines. After the death of the petitioners mother the Federal officers. knowing of her loyalty to the Union. protected the orphan girl. the petitioner. and sent her to New Orleans. where she was placed in the care of her brotherinlaw. Dr. Madison Marsh. who was loyal to the Union and a refugee from Port Hudson. La. I ask the Senator to lgok carefully into the bill.