FIRST - Woman to Setup Hospital In West During Civil War
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BruceS
N 37° 00.199 W 089° 10.418
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Marker in front of the Cairo Public Library commemorating the role Mary J. Safford played during the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM6BCA
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/07/2009
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Text of marker:
Mary J. Safford
Cairo's Angel"
1831 - 1891
First woman in the west to organize camp and hospital relief under Gen. Grant's personal command Mary Safford tended the wounded at the battles from Belmont to Shiloh 1861-1862. Returning with the casualties by boat to Cairo. Being injured in service, she was forced to retire after Shiloh. Later she became one of the first woman physicians of her day.
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