Civil War Confederate Nurse. Known at the "Florence Nightingale of the Confederacy," she was only 22 when the Civil War broke out. When the Yankee fleet captured Natchez on their way up to Vicksburg, she hid a Confederate flag under her petticoat to prevent its capture and volunteered herself for Confederate hospital service. She met and married George Waddill while they both tended sick and dying Mississippi rebels, and the couple moved back to George's hometown, Baton Rouge, where they continued their healing arts by operating drugstores for many years.
Civil War Confederate Nurse. Known at the "Florence Nightingale of the Confederacy," she was only 22 when the Civil War broke out. When the Yankee fleet captured Natchez on their way up to Vicksburg, she hid a Confederate flag under her petticoat to prevent its capture and volunteered herself for Confederate hospital service. She met and married George Waddill while they both tended sick and dying Mississippi rebels, and the couple moved back to George's hometown, Baton Rouge, where they continued their healing arts by operating drugstores for many years.
Inscription
"Hospital matron 1861-1865, C.S.A. Camp 17, U.C.V."
Gravesite Details
Large marble headstone with Confederate battle flag engraved on it inside a floral wreath with "61-65" engraved around it.
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