North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
Union Army
Years of service
1861–1865
Unit
1st Rhode Island Infantry 5th Rhode Island Infantry
Battles/wars
American Civil War
Kady C. Brownell, vivandière associated with 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment and 5th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment with bayoneted rifle
Kady Brownell (1842 – January 5, 1915)[1] was an American vivandière[2] who helped the Union Army during the American Civil War. She went with her husband when he joined a Rhode Island regiment. Brownell trained with the soldiers. She fought in battle and helped the injured. At the First Battle of Bull Run, she held the flag high even as Confederate bullets were flying.[3]
^Grefe, p. 38.
^Grefe, p. 32.
^Canon, Jill (2000). Civil War Heroines. Santa Barbara: Bellerphon Books.
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