Saturday, October 1, 2022

First Female Ensign Eliza B. Cutter

The first woman to have the title of ensign conferred upon her was Mrs. Eliza B. Cutter, who carried the regimental colors of the brigade in which her husband was colonel at the charge on Fort Donaldson. She died at Garfield hospital in Washington on November 30, 1892. 



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