The first commissioned female officer served in the Civil War
The first commissioned female officer served in the Civil War
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I hadn't known about her, it's a good piece, certainly; the only thing is, there's no date of Confederate commission, I'd love to know it, if only to be able to compare with hers here, that's my sole point....that being said, while I completely grasp the significance of the Confederate one, if this one were, in fact, first, which I'd obviously love to be able to research, certainly, then the Union would have had the first female commissionee...obv, I don't know if I'm right, I'm just saying I'd love to check...then, too, the Union one here was also a POW, which the article about the Confederate one doesn't mention happened in her case...thus, between the Union one being a POW, plus being the only female recipient of the MOH, plus, also, actually fighting for the winners, and, also, at least to my mind, for the good guys (the Union, at least also to me), I rather think she wins out in the comparison department...however, that being said, I nevertheless also obv quite understand your point with the article about the Confederate one, certainly....
Mary Edwards Walker - Wikipedia
Mary Edwards Walker, M.D. (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919), commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war and surgeon.[1] She is the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor.[2]
Here's the Wikipedia page on the Confederate one; the article on the Union one says she was at first Bull Run, July 21, 1861...apparently, the Confederate one, on the Wikipedia page, at least, "may", I gather, have been there, though I saw no explicit date for appointment for either, there's another female Confederate commissionee mentioned on the Wikipedia page here, as well, I'd seen, also...no date for her appointment, either, so far as I can tell...I'll try to research the whole thing more when I get some time....
Sally Louisa Tompkins - Wikipedia
Sally Louisa Tompkins (November 9, 1833 – July 25, 1916) was a humanitarian, nurse, philanthropist and the first woman to have been formally inducted into an army in American history. Many believe that she was also the only woman officially commissioned in the Confederate Army.[1] She is best-remembered for privately sponsoring a hospital in Richmond, Virginia to treat soldiers wounded in the American Civil War. Under her supervision she had...
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