she also said she ran into a man who prophesied that she was Jesus and she went her life believing that To get her revenge, Charlotte decided to travel West with her mule to find her husband.
In that persona, she worked as a spy for General Samuel R. Curtis where she "volunteered to infiltrate the Confederate lines dressed as a woman carrying eggs from her home.
This allegedly contributed to Union victory over Major-General Sterling Price's Confederate "Army of Missouri" at the Battle of Westport on 25 October, 1864.
[3] She was brought to a Confederate hospital to be treated, where the doctor, Jesse Terry, realized that Private Hatfield was actually a woman.
Charley later found out that General Curtis had written to the Governor of Iowa to have Private Hatfield promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Charlotte read it and, writing to George, informed him that she was remarried and had been living happily with her husband and four children for the past eight years.
One of these was an adventure series piece entitled, "Mountain Charley joins a Wisconsin regiment, fights through the war, then goes to Wyoming, where she runs a gambling house, and by 1879 lands in prison.
Based on research, the history of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry perfectly matches the story in George West's account of "Charley."