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Susie King Taylor: The First African American Army Nurse

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Meg Groeling

“I was born under the slave law in Georgia, in 1848, and was brought up by my grandmother in Savannah.” So begin the memoirs of Civil War nurse Susie King Taylor, a most unusual woman in many ways. She was … Continue reading →

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