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Anna Etheridge was born.
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She joined the army as a nurse. She was one of twenty women who had been enlisted as nurses in the army.
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She married at the age of 16, but the marriage went unsuccessful.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
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She won an award called the Kearny Cross, which was given to the soldiers who exhibited “overwhelming bravery.”
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The Civil War began when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter, which belonged to the Union.
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She joined the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry and served as a nurse.
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The First Battle of Bull Run was fought.
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The Battle of Fredericksburg is fought.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville, a seven-day long battle, started.
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The Battle of Gettysburg, the biggest battle of the Civil War, was fought.
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The Battle of Chickamauga, the biggest battle ever fought in Geargia, took place.
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The Battle of Chattanooga was fought.
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General Grant ordered all women to leave the front, but Etheridge stayed and fought in seven battles of the army that season.
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The Civil War ends, she returned to Detroit and got married.
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Before she went back home, she was presented with her pension papers that listed the 32 battles that she had bravely took part in.
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She was discharged from working at the Treasure Department so room for another could be made. This made her soldiers mad, so they tried to petition for her to get her job back, but the government wouldn’t budge.
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She formally requested a $50 pension (monthly) for her wartime services because she was a nurse.
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Congress approved a $25 pension (monthly) for her wartime services.
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Sadly, she died.
