Taylor, Susie King
1848-1912 · Contribution: 1862-1866
Military & Safety
Became the first African American Army nurse in U.S. history, serving four years unpaid with the 1st South Carolina/33rd U.S. Colored Troops, and the only Black woman to publish a Civil War memoir
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Taylor served the Union's first Black regiments in every capacity while enslaved people were still fighting for freedom, then preserved that history in her own words.
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