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Mary Edwards Walker's Friends when she was a civil war doctor?
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What year did Mary Edwards Walker get the Medal of Honor?
She was the first woman in the war
What woman was awarded the Medal of Honor during the US Civil War?
Mary Edwards Walker.
Who was the only woman awarded the Medal of Honor?
Mary Edwards Walker, one of the nation's 1.8 million women veterans, was the only one to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor
What did Mary Walker do in the war?
Dr. Mary Walker was a contract surgeon during the American Civil War 1861-1865.
What job did Mary edward walker had?
Mary Edwards Walker was a surgeon , she employed in the United States army, she fought for the Union as a nurse during the Civil war. Mainly an unpaid field surgeon near the Union front lines. Finally she became the first-ever female U.S. army surgeon.
What award was dr Mary Edwards walker the first woman to receive?
The Medal of Honor. Decades after the Civil War ended the army set up a board to review the Medals of Honor awarded during the war, and they vacated about one thousand, including that to Dr. Walker. Dr. Walker was still alive, and was asked to return her Medal, but she refused to do so.
Are there any female Medal of Honor recipients?
The Medal of Honor is awarded in the name of the Congress by the President of the United States (Commander in Chief of the US military). at least one woman has been awarded the MOH, shortly after its' establishment in 1862 during the American Civil War. Her name was Dr. Mary Walker, and she served as a contract surgeon.
What did Mary edward walker do for the civil war?
She was an assistant surgeon.
Was Mary edward walker union or confredite in the civil war?
union
Number of women who have received the Medal of Honor?
One, for sure. Dr. Mary Walker, in the Civil War. She was isssued hers on November 11, 1865 for her service as a field surgeon in the American Civil War.
Who was the first woman to get the Medal of Honor?
Doctor Mary Walker during the Civil War.
