Dr. Mary Walker served as a contract surgeon with the US Army during the Civil War (1861-1865). Her exemplary service led to her nomination for the MOH, and it was awarded. To date, she is the only female awarded the MOH.
Mary Edwards Walker, one of the nation's 1.8 million women veterans, was the only one to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor. Decades after the Civil War ended the army set up a board to review the Medals of Honor awarded during the war, and they vacated about one thousand, including that to Dr. Walker. Dr. Walker was still alive, and was asked to return her Medal, but she refused to do so.
One, for sure. Dr. Mary Walker, in the Civil War. She was isssued hers on November 11, 1865 for her service as a field surgeon in the American Civil War.
The last known civilian was Dr. Mary Edwards Walker. A private citizen, she went to the Pennsylvania/West Virginia Border and would treat the wounded. Eventually, one day, she had gone to look for wounbnded elsewhere and was captured by the Confederacy. For 6-8 moths she was treatingthe Confederate wounded. She would eventually be released.
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Dr. Mary Walker, a contract surgeon in the Civil War.
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She was the first, and (so far) the ONLY woman to receive the Medal of Honor.
The first and ONLY woman to receive the Medal of Honor was US Army contract surgeon Mary Walker during the Civil War (1861-1865).
Medal of Honor - 2000 Mary Walker 1-9 was released on: USA: 11 June 2001
T highest award given by the US military, the Medal of Honor.
To learn about Dr. Mary E. Walker's Medal of Honor, read the book that was written about her: Graf, Mercedes. A Woman of Honor: dr. Mary E. Walker and the Civil War (Gettysburg: Thomas Publications). Available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
First off, the Medal of Honor is not won. It is awarded, after 3-5 years of investigation's, for conspicuous gallantryand being willing to surrender one's life to save the rest of the battalion. Second, to this day, only 1 woman, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, has recived a Medal of Honor for her many act's of bravery at a MASH unit.