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Nellie Graves was a female soldier who served in secret as a man in the Union Army alongside her close friend Fanny Wilson. Both saw action at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Their status as women was discovered while they were being treated for an illness, and both were discharged. [4]: 56 [6] Mary Jane Green
United States of America: Service / branch: United States Army: Years of service: 1943 - 1948: Unit: 6888th Central Postal Directory Batallion: Known for: Being a member of the only all-Black, all-female unit to serve overseas in WWII, helping deliver a massive backlog of undelivered mail to U.S Soldiers. Awards: US Congressional Gold Medal ...
In 1986 further laws were created to the same effect. The following years saw Canada's first female infantry soldier, first female gunner, and a female Brigadier-General. In 1990 the Ministers Advisory Board on Women in the Canadian Forces was created, and in 1994 Wendy Clay was promoted to Major-General.
Sally Louisa Tompkins (November 9, 1833 – July 25, 1916) was a Confederate nurse and the first woman to have been formally inducted into an army in American history. She may have been the only woman officially commissioned in the Confederate Army. [1]
Female generals and flag officers of the United States (5 C, 3 P) Female wartime cross-dressers in the American Civil War (27 P) Pages in category "American female military personnel"
The unit was an important link connecting American soldiers and their families back home. “Ladies, we have been ordered to provide hope,” Washington says as Adams in The Six Triple Eight ...
List of American Civil War generals (Union) List of decorated Americans from the Iraq War in Al Anbar Governorate; List of Andrews Raiders; List of brigadier generals in the United States Regular Army before February 2, 1901; List of active duty United States Army major generals
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