Bridget Diver

Bridget Diver

Bridget Divers was also known as "Irish Biddy." She was with her husband in the Civil War. She was a watch guard. When she saw wounded soldiers, she would bring them into a cabin and nurse them. Her husband was in the First Michigan Cavalry. She had two government horses carried in battle. The Yankees cheered for her. She was known from her fearfulness. She died in October of 1915. [http://www.dixiefitters.com/heritage/woman/war.phy?ww=018] [Canon, Jill. Civil War Heroines. Santa Barbara: Bellerophon Books, 2000.]

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Reference #1 above is no longer an active web address. The current Dixiefitters website still contains information on Bridget Diver, but has no death date. In the current version of the website, one Jennie Hodges was the person who died in October, 1915. -- () 14:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)


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