MRS MEHITABLE WOODS MEMORIAL
MRS. WOODS, BEST KNOWN AS AUNTIE WOODS, WAS A HEROINE OF THE CIVIL WAR, WHO PERSONALLY DELIVERED NEEDED ITEMS TO SOLDIERS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, IOWA. THIS INCLUDED FOOD, BANDAGES AND CLOTHING. SHE MADE 13 TRIPS WITH CARGO RANGING FROM 10 TO 37 TONS. SHE POSSESSED A PASS SIGNED BY SECRETARY OF WAR STANTON ALLOWING HER UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE TROOPS. SHE WAS COMMISSIONED A MAJOR BY GOV. KIRKWOOD.
Listing Details
- Cemetery
- CIVIL WAR
- Cemetery Stones
- 1891
- OLD FAIRFIELD CEMETERY-B.STREET AND STONE STREET
- 52556
- IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM
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