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Mother George - Civil War Nurse 1808 - 1865 IN510 |
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 Picture courtesy of Stephen L. Parker, AroundFortWayne.com
The First Fort Wayne home of Mrs. Eliza E. George was near this spot. At the age of 54 she helped make Civil War nursing history. Mother George, as she was known to thousands of Union soldiers, served with front line troops in Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. Time after time she braved Confederate gunfire to comfort the sick and wounded. Mother George died at her post in Wilmington, N.C. on May 9, 1865, a victim of typhoid fever contracted from returning prisioners.
West of Lafayette Street on East Berry, Fort Wayne. Allen County Indiana
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