From The National Republican, a Washington, DC newspaper, May 24, 1862, p. 3:

"A Woman in Male Attire"
Mrs. Wright, who boards at the Clarendon House, and who says that her husband is a captain in the
army, was caught by officer J.F. Kelley, of the Fourth Ward, promenading the Avenue in male attire. She used profane language freely on being arrested. She says she has been in that attire frequently; been in camps with thousands of men, and this is the first time her sex was detected. A short time previous she was seen in a billiard saloon playing bagatelle. She is a fine, noble looking woman, and plays the part of man well.