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| IDENTIFIED VIVANDIERES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Marie "French Mary" Tepe (also spelled Tebe) | 27th and 114th Pennsylvania | Officially received the "Kearny Cross" for bravery, May 16, 1863. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Martha Francis | 1st Rhode Island | No record beyond traveling with unit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Beasley | 1st Rhode Island | Married Charles Tibbetts of 1st R.I. in Washington, May 1, 1861. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Augusta Foster | 2nd Maine | Horse shot at Bull Run. Was found nursing wounded in Alexandria, VA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Annie Etheridge | 2nd and 5th Michigan | More of a battlefield nurse. Received "Kearny Cross" for bravery, May 16, 1863. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Old Dutch Mary" | Unknown Zouave unit in Division | Seen by John Haley of 17th Maine in Birney's Division. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Hall | 72nd Pennsylvania | Wore side arms and hospital seward sash and chevron. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lizzie Clawson Jones | 6th Massachusetts | Daughter of Colonel Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Eliza Wilson | 5th Wisconsin | Had her own tent, servant, and paid her own expenses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Hannah Ewbank | 7th Wisconsin | Reputed good shot. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bridget Divers | 1st Michigan Cavalry | Stayed with the Army after the Civil War. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Ella Gibson | 49th Ohio | Daughter of Colonel Gibson. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Annie Etheridge Information Sources | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fred C., History of the Fortieth (Mozart) Regiment New York Vols. Boston: Gilson, 1909. Page with Image. "She rode horse back on the march, and in battle was attended by an orderly, who carried the medicine chest." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall, Richard, Patriots in Disguise, New York: Marlone & Co., 1993, Detroit Advertiser and Tribune, February 16, 1863 (page 40). "She has for her use a horse furnished with side saddle, saddle bags, and etc." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ibid. page 44, Cornelia Hancock letters, March 3, 1865. "Annie Etheridge is now ordered from the front to stay at the hospt. (City Point) and is very bare of clothing" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mulholland, St. Claire A., Bvt. Maj. Genl. The Story of the 116th Regiment Penn. Inf., Philadelphia: 1899. Page 13, "While passing the Trossell House, a woman on horseback and in uniform galloped back from the line of battle, she was a nurse from the Third Corps, Anna Etheridge, and was directing the removal of the wounded." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Styple, William B. ed. Letters from the Peninsula, The Civil War Letts of Genl. Philip Kearny, NJ: Belle Grove. 1988. page 217. Image (Henry Deeks Collection) of "Miss Annie Etheridge 3 Mich Vols." (possibly her signature), image taken at New York while she was in New York to quell the 1863 draft riots. Simple dress (only shoulders visible) with small lace collar, and small buttons down the front of her dress. "Kearny Cross" on left breast. Hair style is center part with small curl at ears and tightly fastened off the neck in back. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ibid. 217 "among the recipients of the Medal of Valor, to Ann's [sic] utter surprise - was Ann Etheridge. She was adorned at the same time with a specially made hat with a diamond patch in the center." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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