Kady Brownell

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Kady Brownell helped the Union army during the United States’ Civil War. She went with her husband when he joined a Rhode Island regiment. Kady 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.[1]

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  1. ^ Canon, Jill. Civil War Heroines. Santa Barbara: Bellerphon Books, 2000.