From the Shenandoah (Woodstock, Va.) Herald, 5/29/1908, p. 2, c. 1
Miss Sallie Tompkins, the only woman who ever received an officer’s commission in the Confederate army was painfully injured in Richmond by accidentally. She received a wound in her forehead several inches long. Miss Tompkins is 75 years old. She was taken to the home for needy Confederate women where she lives.
- Details
- Categories:: Other Newspapers After 1865 Robertson Hospital Women Accidents Charity
- Published: 22 October 2017