Julia Marcum was the only woman, as a fighter, to receive a U.S. pension, granted by a special Act of Congress in 1884. Her home in Tennessee was a depot for southerners going north to the Union Army. She lost an eye and was badly wounded defending her home against a marauder, and then the family came here. Her Unionist father was killed in action. Her life was devoted to patriotic and religious work. She died in 1936 at age 91 and was given a military funeral.