As a young nun in a nursing order, Anna rescued a wounded Union soldier at the Battle of Chancellorsville. She received a Medal of Honor, and five years later, after they met again by chance, she left the order and they were married.
From the Washington Evening Star, 22 Mar 1932:
HEROIC NURSE DIES; FOUNDED HOSPITAL
Mrs. Anne M. Aughinbaugh Won Congressional Medal in Civil War
Mrs. Anne M. Aughinbaugh, one of the few women ever to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor, died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., according to word here.
During the Civil War, as a Sister of Charity, Mrs. Aughinbaugh and her sister, also a nun, aided in removing the wounded from battlefields. For her work with troops in the field, she was awarded the Congressional Medal.
Among the wounded at Chancellorsville was a young man, not quite 17 years old, a member of Company I, 5th Ohio Infantry. He was sent as a prisoner of war to Libby Prison, Richmond. Late in the war Mrs. Aughinbaugh -- then Sister Michael -- with her sister Elizabeth was instructed to open a hospital in the Capital. To this hospital came the same young soldier at the close of the war, for a secondary operation.
That young soldier was William L. Aughinbaugh, who later became chief examiner of the United States Patent Office. He married the woman who had picked him up, blinded and wounded, on the battlefield, and Mr. and Mrs. Aughinbaugh lived in Washington for about 40 years. Mrs. Aughinbaugh had lived in Santa Monica for about 20 years.
Mrs. Aughinbaugh's sister, who was co-founder of the institution, later became head of the order to which she was attached.
Mrs. Aughinbaugh is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Annie Bell Wallace of Atlantic City, and two sons, John F. Aughinbaugh, San Francisco, and William E. Aughinbaugh, New York. Her youngest son, Arthur J. Aughinbaugh, died in Santa Monica last November.
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Anna married William Larimer Aughinbaugh on 2 Oct 1868 in Washington, DC.
Children:
1. William Edmund, b. 12 Oct 1870, d. 18 Dec 1940; m. Mary Ann Douglas.
2. John Francis, b. May 1872, d. 3 Dec 1932; m. Isabel Loomis, 18 Dec 1916.
3. Anna Bell, b. Oct 1874; m. Wallace.
4. Arthur A., b. 1876, d. Nov 1931; m. Cecilia Linden, 25 Apr 1917.
5. Edgar A., b. 29 Sep 1879, d. 26 Sep 1884; bur. Mt. Olivet.
6. Another child who died young.
From the Washington Evening Star, 22 Mar 1932:
HEROIC NURSE DIES; FOUNDED HOSPITAL
Mrs. Anne M. Aughinbaugh Won Congressional Medal in Civil War
Mrs. Anne M. Aughinbaugh, one of the few women ever to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor, died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., according to word here.
During the Civil War, as a Sister of Charity, Mrs. Aughinbaugh and her sister, also a nun, aided in removing the wounded from battlefields. For her work with troops in the field, she was awarded the Congressional Medal.
Among the wounded at Chancellorsville was a young man, not quite 17 years old, a member of Company I, 5th Ohio Infantry. He was sent as a prisoner of war to Libby Prison, Richmond. Late in the war Mrs. Aughinbaugh -- then Sister Michael -- with her sister Elizabeth was instructed to open a hospital in the Capital. To this hospital came the same young soldier at the close of the war, for a secondary operation.
That young soldier was William L. Aughinbaugh, who later became chief examiner of the United States Patent Office. He married the woman who had picked him up, blinded and wounded, on the battlefield, and Mr. and Mrs. Aughinbaugh lived in Washington for about 40 years. Mrs. Aughinbaugh had lived in Santa Monica for about 20 years.
Mrs. Aughinbaugh's sister, who was co-founder of the institution, later became head of the order to which she was attached.
Mrs. Aughinbaugh is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Annie Bell Wallace of Atlantic City, and two sons, John F. Aughinbaugh, San Francisco, and William E. Aughinbaugh, New York. Her youngest son, Arthur J. Aughinbaugh, died in Santa Monica last November.
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Anna married William Larimer Aughinbaugh on 2 Oct 1868 in Washington, DC.
Children:
1. William Edmund, b. 12 Oct 1870, d. 18 Dec 1940; m. Mary Ann Douglas.
2. John Francis, b. May 1872, d. 3 Dec 1932; m. Isabel Loomis, 18 Dec 1916.
3. Anna Bell, b. Oct 1874; m. Wallace.
4. Arthur A., b. 1876, d. Nov 1931; m. Cecilia Linden, 25 Apr 1917.
5. Edgar A., b. 29 Sep 1879, d. 26 Sep 1884; bur. Mt. Olivet.
6. Another child who died young.
As a young nun in a nursing order, Anna rescued a wounded Union soldier at the Battle of Chancellorsville. She received a Medal of Honor, and five years later, after they met again by chance, she left the order and they were married.
From the Washington Evening Star, 22 Mar 1932:
HEROIC NURSE DIES; FOUNDED HOSPITAL
Mrs. Anne M. Aughinbaugh Won Congressional Medal in Civil War
Mrs. Anne M. Aughinbaugh, one of the few women ever to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor, died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., according to word here.
During the Civil War, as a Sister of Charity, Mrs. Aughinbaugh and her sister, also a nun, aided in removing the wounded from battlefields. For her work with troops in the field, she was awarded the Congressional Medal.
Among the wounded at Chancellorsville was a young man, not quite 17 years old, a member of Company I, 5th Ohio Infantry. He was sent as a prisoner of war to Libby Prison, Richmond. Late in the war Mrs. Aughinbaugh -- then Sister Michael -- with her sister Elizabeth was instructed to open a hospital in the Capital. To this hospital came the same young soldier at the close of the war, for a secondary operation.
That young soldier was William L. Aughinbaugh, who later became chief examiner of the United States Patent Office. He married the woman who had picked him up, blinded and wounded, on the battlefield, and Mr. and Mrs. Aughinbaugh lived in Washington for about 40 years. Mrs. Aughinbaugh had lived in Santa Monica for about 20 years.
Mrs. Aughinbaugh's sister, who was co-founder of the institution, later became head of the order to which she was attached.
Mrs. Aughinbaugh is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Annie Bell Wallace of Atlantic City, and two sons, John F. Aughinbaugh, San Francisco, and William E. Aughinbaugh, New York. Her youngest son, Arthur J. Aughinbaugh, died in Santa Monica last November.
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Anna married William Larimer Aughinbaugh on 2 Oct 1868 in Washington, DC.
Children:
1. William Edmund, b. 12 Oct 1870, d. 18 Dec 1940; m. Mary Ann Douglas.
2. John Francis, b. May 1872, d. 3 Dec 1932; m. Isabel Loomis, 18 Dec 1916.
3. Anna Bell, b. Oct 1874; m. Wallace.
4. Arthur A., b. 1876, d. Nov 1931; m. Cecilia Linden, 25 Apr 1917.
5. Edgar A., b. 29 Sep 1879, d. 26 Sep 1884; bur. Mt. Olivet.
6. Another child who died young.
From the Washington Evening Star, 22 Mar 1932:
HEROIC NURSE DIES; FOUNDED HOSPITAL
Mrs. Anne M. Aughinbaugh Won Congressional Medal in Civil War
Mrs. Anne M. Aughinbaugh, one of the few women ever to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor, died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., according to word here.
During the Civil War, as a Sister of Charity, Mrs. Aughinbaugh and her sister, also a nun, aided in removing the wounded from battlefields. For her work with troops in the field, she was awarded the Congressional Medal.
Among the wounded at Chancellorsville was a young man, not quite 17 years old, a member of Company I, 5th Ohio Infantry. He was sent as a prisoner of war to Libby Prison, Richmond. Late in the war Mrs. Aughinbaugh -- then Sister Michael -- with her sister Elizabeth was instructed to open a hospital in the Capital. To this hospital came the same young soldier at the close of the war, for a secondary operation.
That young soldier was William L. Aughinbaugh, who later became chief examiner of the United States Patent Office. He married the woman who had picked him up, blinded and wounded, on the battlefield, and Mr. and Mrs. Aughinbaugh lived in Washington for about 40 years. Mrs. Aughinbaugh had lived in Santa Monica for about 20 years.
Mrs. Aughinbaugh's sister, who was co-founder of the institution, later became head of the order to which she was attached.
Mrs. Aughinbaugh is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Annie Bell Wallace of Atlantic City, and two sons, John F. Aughinbaugh, San Francisco, and William E. Aughinbaugh, New York. Her youngest son, Arthur J. Aughinbaugh, died in Santa Monica last November.
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Anna married William Larimer Aughinbaugh on 2 Oct 1868 in Washington, DC.
Children:
1. William Edmund, b. 12 Oct 1870, d. 18 Dec 1940; m. Mary Ann Douglas.
2. John Francis, b. May 1872, d. 3 Dec 1932; m. Isabel Loomis, 18 Dec 1916.
3. Anna Bell, b. Oct 1874; m. Wallace.
4. Arthur A., b. 1876, d. Nov 1931; m. Cecilia Linden, 25 Apr 1917.
5. Edgar A., b. 29 Sep 1879, d. 26 Sep 1884; bur. Mt. Olivet.
6. Another child who died young.
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