Law, Sallie Chapman (1805–1894)
Law, Sallie Chapman (1805–1894)
American nurse. Born Sallie Chapman Gordon, Aug 27, 1805, in Wilkes County, NC; died June 28, 1894, in Memphis, TN; m. John S. Law, June 1825.
At start of Civil War, organized Southern Mother's Hospital in Memphis, TN, which was to become Southern Mother's Association at war's end; after the Union captured Memphis, transported drugs, including opium and quinine, through Union lines; assisted in a hospital in La Grange, GA, which was named for her; distributed clothing and supplies to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's men in Columbus, GA; served as president of her Southern Mother's Association, which was one of 1st Civil War memorial societies, until 1889.
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