Fannie Beers has been called the Florence Nightingale of the South. Fannie Beers grew up in the North and after marrying A P Beers they moved to the South. After a few years of marriage her husband enlisted in the Confederate Army. Fannie returned to her family in the North. While in the North her husband sent her a Confederate flag that she wore on her heart for the rest of the war. Soon she returned to Virginia to be near her husband. She spent the remainder of the war working as a nurse. While Atlanta was being shelled, ...
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Fannie Beers has been called the Florence Nightingale of the South. Fannie Beers grew up in the North and after marrying A P Beers they moved to the South. After a few years of marriage her husband enlisted in the Confederate Army. Fannie returned to her family in the North. While in the North her husband sent her a Confederate flag that she wore on her heart for the rest of the war. Soon she returned to Virginia to be near her husband. She spent the remainder of the war working as a nurse. While Atlanta was being shelled, she took boxes of provisions to her husband and his men. At Fort Valley, her courage and patriotism were put to the severest test in an epidemic of smallpox. She remained and nursed the Confederate soldiers when others had retreated.
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