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Lucy Ann Cox
On the evening of October 15th, an
entertainment was given in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to raise
funds to erect a monument to the memory of Mrs. Lucy Ann Cox,
who, at the commencement of the war, surrendered all the comfort
of her father's home, and followed the fortunes of her husband,
who as a member of Company A, Thirteenth Virginia Regiment,
served the South until the flag of the Southern Confederacy was
furled at Appomattox. No march was too long or weather too
inclement to deter this patriotic woman from doing what she
considered her duty.
She was with her company and regiment on
their two forays into Maryland, and her ministering hand carried
comfort to many a wounded and worn soldier. While Company A was
the object of her untiring solicitude, no Confederate ever asked
assistance from Mrs. Cox but it was cheerfully rendered.
She marched as the infantry did, seldom taking advantage of
offered rides in ambulances and wagon trains. Mrs. Cox died, a
few years ago. It was her latest expressed wish that she be
buried with military honors, and, so far as it was possible, her
wish was carried out. Her funeral took place on a bright autumn
Sunday, and the entire town turned out to do homage to this
noble woman.
The camps that have undertaken the erection of this monument do
honor to themselves in thus commemorating the virtues of the
heroine, Lucy Ann Cox.
Women of
America
Source: The Part Taken by Women in
American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle
Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
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