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LUCY HIGGS NICHOLS WAR MEMORIAL MARKER

LUCY HIGGS NICHOLS WAR MEMORIAL MARKER
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Location: EAST MARKET STREET AND EAST 10TH STREET

City: NEW ALBANY

State: Indiana

Zip Code: 47150

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers

Year Dedicated: 2011

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: MARILYN S. WOLF

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

IN 1895 LUCY AND 55 VETERANS OF THE 23RD REGIMENT PETITIONED CONGRESS AND WAS AWARDED A SPECIAL ACT OF CONGRESS ALLOWING HER A CIVIL WAR NURSES PENSION.LUCY WAS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. SHE DIED IN 1915.


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