Anna Blair Etheridge

Anna Blair Etheridge was an honored civil war nurse. She was well known to the people who fought in the war. Information about her childhood is scarce. She joined the army as a cook, and ended up being a nurse. She devoted her life to the army from the first battle at Blackburn’s Ford, in 1861, until the last battle at Petersburg, in 1865. Anna was born and raised in Detroit. There she lived in a …

…a remarkable pretty face, and goodness of nature. After the war she was awarded a Kearney medal for noble sacrifice, and heroic service in the Union army. She married a war veteran, and accepted employment in a government office. I think people should read about Anna Blair Etheridge because she was a brave young lady who risked her life for people she didn’t even know, and fought for a cause that she believed in.