REAL PHOTO POSTCARD ~ CIVIL WAR ARMY NURSE ALLIE BAILEY ~ JEB STUART'S NIECE
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STANDING VIEW OF CIVIL WAR ARMY NURSE, ALLIE BAILEY
(MARRIED MELVIN BAILEY OF THE 1ST MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS)
A COPY OF THE NATL ROSTER OF ARMY NURSES STATES SHE WAS LIVING IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, 1919-1920
SHE IS WEARING 4 BADGES
(3) LADIES OF THE GAR BADGES
(1)C.W. ARMY NURSE MEMBERSHIP BADGE (LARGEST)
AT THE AGE OF 14 ALLIE STEWART, NIECE OF GENERAL J.E.B. STEWART (sic) OF CONFEDERATE FAME, ALTHOUGH TOO YOUNG TO BE REGISTERED AND RECOGNIZED AS SUCH, ENLISTED AT ST. LOUIS AS A WAS NURSE. HER FATHER JOINED THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AND HER BROTHER JOINED THE UNION.
SHE SERVED DURING 67 BATTLES. HER FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS AT THE BATTLE OF WILSON CREEK, WHERE SHE SAW GENERAL LYON FALL MORTALLY WOUNDED. ALWAYS SEARCHING THE WOUNDED FOR HER BROTHER SHE WAS ARRESTED TWICE FOR BEING FOUND ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
SHE IS THE KNOWN AS BEING THE ONLY NURSE TO BE SHOT (IN THE NECK) WHILE ATTENDING TO THE WOUNDED ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
ALL OF THIS INFO AND MORE CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE
NEWSPAPER
Sacramento Union, Volume 209, Number 34, 3 August 1919
(MARRIED MELVIN BAILEY OF THE 1ST MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS)
A COPY OF THE NATL ROSTER OF ARMY NURSES STATES SHE WAS LIVING IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, 1919-1920
SHE IS WEARING 4 BADGES
(3) LADIES OF THE GAR BADGES
(1)C.W. ARMY NURSE MEMBERSHIP BADGE (LARGEST)
AT THE AGE OF 14 ALLIE STEWART, NIECE OF GENERAL J.E.B. STEWART (sic) OF CONFEDERATE FAME, ALTHOUGH TOO YOUNG TO BE REGISTERED AND RECOGNIZED AS SUCH, ENLISTED AT ST. LOUIS AS A WAS NURSE. HER FATHER JOINED THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AND HER BROTHER JOINED THE UNION.
SHE SERVED DURING 67 BATTLES. HER FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS AT THE BATTLE OF WILSON CREEK, WHERE SHE SAW GENERAL LYON FALL MORTALLY WOUNDED. ALWAYS SEARCHING THE WOUNDED FOR HER BROTHER SHE WAS ARRESTED TWICE FOR BEING FOUND ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
SHE IS THE KNOWN AS BEING THE ONLY NURSE TO BE SHOT (IN THE NECK) WHILE ATTENDING TO THE WOUNDED ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
ALL OF THIS INFO AND MORE CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE
NEWSPAPER
Sacramento Union, Volume 209, Number 34, 3 August 1919
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Item # CWB11362
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