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Mary J. Safford was the first woman in the West to organize camp and hospital relief. Under Gen. Grant's personal command, she tended the wounded at the battles from Belmont to Shiloh in 1861-1862, returning with the casualties by boat to Cairo. After being injured in service, she was forced to retire following Shiloh. She later became one of the first women physicians of her day.
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Cairo, Illinois · United States
