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Google Books has a free e-copy of a book, Ten Years of My Life, written by Agnes Elisabeth Winona Leclerq Joy
Salm-Salm (aka Prinzess Felix Salm-Salm) in 1877. You can access it here:
Great literature? No, but very entertaining. She poo poos "romantic and wonderful stories" about her youth but refuses to discuss it.
PS: Yes, I do know her names tend to change. Apparently this was the norm in her day.
Eliza Joy - Warrior Princess
This image (and the one above) are screen shots taken
from Google Books. I would have put a link but couldn't find it again.
Oops! Some of the links that used to work don't any longer. I'm going to leave
them up for while to try to find links that lead to the same information.
In addition, a recent Google
search has yielded quite a few new links -- many repetitive and of unknown accuracy in some cases -- got to love the Internet.
Here's a Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Salm-Salm
Born December 25, 1840 * and ** (see notes below), in either Franklin, Vermont
or Saint-Armand West Quebec -- depending on the story but they are only 9 miles apart -- this incredible person did all
of the following:
- joined the circus as a tight rope walker and/or bareback rider
- married an Austrian prince and scandalized Washington DC
- was designated an honorary captain for her exemplary services in the
Civil War
- became the toast of Europe and was accepted at court for her heroic efforts
to save the life of Emporer Maximilian of Mexico
- as a Major [no kidding] in the Prussian Army, organized hospitals and
nursed the wounded, and was commended by the King of Austria
* Wikipedia says she was born in 1844. If true she would have been
only 17 years old when she married Prince Felix and went on to significant war service in the next few years.
** Wikipedia also says her father was William
Leclerc Joy -- an American general. My information said he was a carpenter. Could have been both, of course. The Wikipedia
info may have come from Soldier Princess: The Life and Legend
of Agnes Salm-Salm in North America, 1861- 1867 by David Coffey. This book can be purchased from amazon.com. Look
at the Bibliography at the bottom of this page for a link.
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1. Agnes Elizabeth Winona LeClerq Joy
Born: 25 Dec 1840, Franklin, Vermont
Married: 30 Aug 1862, St. Patrick's, Washington, DC
Died: 20 Dec 1912, Karlsruhe, Germany
Buried: Karlsruhe, Germany
Eliza was the daughter of William LeClerq Joy (1763 to about 1866) and Julia Willard ( - 1882), a part-Abnaki
medicine woman who served as a doctor in Franklin, Vermont. William's parents were Micah Joy (1753-1826) and Mercy Terrill
(1764-1843).
2. Prinz Felix Constantin Alexander Johann Nepomuk Marie zu zu Salm-Salm
- Born: 25 Dec 1828, Anholt
- Married Agnes Elizabeth Winona LeClerq Joy on 30 Aug 1862, St. Patrick's, Washington, DC
- Died: 18 Aug 1870, the battle of Gravelotte
Source: http://www.napoleonseries.org/genealogy/11011.htm
3. "Princess Agnes" was made an honorary captain in the Union Army by Governor Richard Yates of Illinois.
4. the marriage of the dashing Miss Joy and the prolifigate prince was a "scandal" in Washington:
5. Here you will find an entertaining, but badly translated, account of Eliza Joy's life, complete with details
of her final years in Germany:
Also, a legacy chart linked to the site, proves that, despite the rumors, Abraham Lincoln and
Eliza Joy were not related except by marriage. LOL.
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