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Women in the Civil War. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-8213-3. Schultz, Jane (2004). Women at the Front: Hospital Workers in Civil War America. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2867-X. Tsui, Bonnie (2006). She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War. Guilford, Connecticut: TwoDot.
Ruby G. Bradley (1907–2002), colonel; with 34 medals, one of the most decorated women in US military history; Alfred Winsor Brown (1885–1938), US Navy Captain who served as 31st Naval Governor of Guam; Ron Brown (1942–1996), former US Army Captain, served as the United States Secretary of Commerce, former chairman of the DNC, died in a ...
Warren Family Mortuary Chapel. The Warren Family Mortuary Chapel is a stone chapel built on a knoll near the center of the cemetery. It was designed by Henry Dudley of New York City and built in 1860 in the English country Gothic style, complete with a nave and transept floor plan. [35]
There are over 300,000 headstones and hundreds of memorials at Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington House itself is a memorial to George Washington.The son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Parke Custis purchased the 1,100-acre (450 ha) tract of wooded land on the Potomac River north of Alexandria, Virginia in 1778.
The first burial occurred on 15 July 1853, when Mrs. R.B. Berry was laid to rest. Since then, more than 75,000 people have been buried at Elmwood Cemetery, with space still remaining for about 15,000 more. The cemetery's gardens include the Carlisle S. Page Arboretum. Beneath the cemetery's ancient elms, oaks, and magnolias lie some of the city ...
27 February 1860 Mathew Brady: New York City, United States Gelatin silver print: Taken shortly before Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Widely used in his campaign during the 1860 presidential election, both Brady's photo and the speech helped him become president. [24] [s 2] [s 3] [s 5] Guardian Angel, One Person Praying: c. 1860 Unknown
Two female veterans are leading American Legion posts in Monroe County. Angela Jaworski is the commander of American Legion Post 268 in Milan. Kathy Musick is the commander of James E. Yenor Post ...
Helen Chandler (1906–1965), actress (aged 59) (originally placed in the vaults at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, ashes relocated to Hollywood Forever in 2023) Lane Chandler (1899–1972), actor (aged 73)