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Lucy Higgs Nichols (April 10, 1838 – January 25, 1915) was a Black American escaped slave and a nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Nichols was the only female member admitted to the Grand Army of the Republic and the 23rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Higgs was born into enslavement on April 10, 1838 in North Carolina. She and her family were sent to Mississippi and then to Tennessee; in late June 1862, Lucy, her first husband, daughter Mona, and some other slaves escaped, eventually arriving at a Union camp almost 30 miles away. Major Shadrack Hooper of the 23rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment reported her joining their unit, and described her character as someone having integrity, honesty, intelligence, and kindness, who was a fine washerwoman, seamstress, nurse, cook, and forager. Nichols was present at the front lines of every siege and followed the army east, and then north, back to Indiana. Her first husband was a laborer that also served in a colored regiment that was formed, and both he and their daughter Mona died during the war.
After the war ended, she marched with the troops in Washington, D.C. on May 23 and May 24, 1865, for the Grand Review of the Armies, a celebration following the Union victory. Higgs settled in New Albany, Indiana, as a freed citizen, where she worked as a housekeeper to several officers and eventually married her second husband, a freedman named John Nichols. She was beloved in the New Albany community, continuing to also work as a veterans nurse.
The Grand Army of the Republic (or GAR), a fraternal organization founded in 1866 and composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, and Marines who served in the American Civil War, admitted her as their only female member. When the US Army attempted to deny her her pension for her service in the Civil War, the GAR and 55 veterans of the 23rd Regiment petitioned Congress for Nichols to receive her just due. As a result of their sustained efforts, she was granted her government pension via a special act of Congress in 1898, receiving a payment of $12 a month - roughly $500 per month in today’s value - for diligent nursing and other services in 28 battles from June 1862 until the end of the war.
Nichols lived in New Albany with her second husband for more than forty years, working as a boarder and a laundress after his death. She died on January 25, 1915 at age 77. The Indiana 23rd Infantry held her funeral with full military honors in 1915.
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“Remembered: The Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols” (YouTube):
youtube.com/watch?v=3AD_BDr3N0k
files.usgwarchives.net/tn/hardeman/cemeteries/higgs.txt
diaryofandnwoman.tumblr.com/post/674961340197175296/lucy-higgs-nichols-the-lady-circled-in-the-photo
Lucy Higgs Nichols:
in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/find-a-marker/lucy-higgs-nichols
'Remembered - the Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols:'
gotolouisville.com/directory/remembered-the-life-of-lucy-higgs-nichols
carnegiecenter.org/exhibitions/remembered-life-lucy-higgs-nichols
'A story of freedom: Lucy Higgs Nichols:'
wave3.com/2021/02/22/story-freedom-lucy-higgs-nichols
'Lucy Higgs Nichols:'
military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Lucy_Higgs_Nichols
'Lucy Higgs Nichols, New Albany:'
https://www.digitalresearch.bsu.edu/digitalcivilrightsmuseum/items/show/38
'Author to talk book on woman who escaped slavery:'
newsandtribune.com/news/floyd_county/author-to-talk-book-on-woman-who-escaped-slavery/article_2cdf8be4-b6b0-546d-990b-a3489ab5cec7.html
'Statue of escaped slave turned Civil War nurse vandalized in New Albany:'
newsandtribune.com/news/statue-of-escaped-slave-turned-civil-war-nurse-vandalized-in-new-albany/article_14451a34-bd4f-11ea-ac23-63a8aadfa615.html
Lucy Higgs Nichols (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Higgs_Nichols
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Lucy Higgs Nichols (April 10, 1838 – January 25, 1915) was a Black American escaped slave and a nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Nichols was the only female member admitted to the Grand Army of the Republic and the 23rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Higgs was born into enslavement on April 10, 1838 in North Carolina. She and her family were sent to Mississippi and then to Tennessee; in late June 1862, Lucy, her first husband, daughter Mona, and some other slaves escaped, eventually arriving at a Union camp almost 30 miles away. Major Shadrack Hooper of the 23rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment reported her joining their unit, and described her character as someone having integrity, honesty, intelligence, and kindness, who was a fine washerwoman, seamstress, nurse, cook, and forager. Nichols was present at the front lines of every siege and followed the army east, and then north, back to Indiana. Her first husband was a laborer that also served in a colored regiment that was formed, and both he and their daughter Mona died during the war.
After the war ended, she marched with the troops in Washington, D.C. on May 23 and May 24, 1865, for the Grand Review of the Armies, a celebration following the Union victory. Higgs settled in New Albany, Indiana, as a freed citizen, where she worked as a housekeeper to several officers and eventually married her second husband, a freedman named John Nichols. She was beloved in the New Albany community, continuing to also work as a veterans nurse.
The Grand Army of the Republic (or GAR), a fraternal organization founded in 1866 and composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, and Marines who served in the American Civil War, admitted her as their only female member. When the US Army attempted to deny her her pension for her service in the Civil War, the GAR and 55 veterans of the 23rd Regiment petitioned Congress for Nichols to receive her just due. As a result of their sustained efforts, she was granted her government pension via a special act of Congress in 1898, receiving a payment of $12 a month - roughly $500 per month in today’s value - for diligent nursing and other services in 28 battles from June 1862 until the end of the war.
Nichols lived in New Albany with her second husband for more than forty years, working as a boarder and a laundress after his death. She died on January 25, 1915 at age 77. The Indiana 23rd Infantry held her funeral with full military honors in 1915.
#LucyHiggsNichols #HiddenFigures
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Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture'
Paperback: amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6
Digital download (e-book): gumroad.com/l/IkUa
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Links:
“Remembered: The Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols” (YouTube):
youtube.com/watch?v=3AD_BDr3N0k
files.usgwarchives.net/tn/hardeman/cemeteries/higgs.txt
diaryofandnwoman.tumblr.com/post/674961340197175296/lucy-higgs-nichols-the-lady-circled-in-the-photo
Lucy Higgs Nichols:
in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/find-a-marker/lucy-higgs-nichols
'Remembered - the Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols:'
gotolouisville.com/directory/remembered-the-life-of-lucy-higgs-nichols
carnegiecenter.org/exhibitions/remembered-life-lucy-higgs-nichols
'A story of freedom: Lucy Higgs Nichols:'
wave3.com/2021/02/22/story-freedom-lucy-higgs-nichols
'Lucy Higgs Nichols:'
military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Lucy_Higgs_Nichols
'Lucy Higgs Nichols, New Albany:'
https://www.digitalresearch.bsu.edu/digitalcivilrightsmuseum/items/show/38
'Author to talk book on woman who escaped slavery:'
newsandtribune.com/news/floyd_county/author-to-talk-book-on-woman-who-escaped-slavery/article_2cdf8be4-b6b0-546d-990b-a3489ab5cec7.html
'Statue of escaped slave turned Civil War nurse vandalized in New Albany:'
newsandtribune.com/news/statue-of-escaped-slave-turned-civil-war-nurse-vandalized-in-new-albany/article_14451a34-bd4f-11ea-ac23-63a8aadfa615.html
Lucy Higgs Nichols (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Higgs_Nichols
