Mary Alice Frush

Alice Frush (also known as Mary Alice Frush or Mary Alice Smith) was a Union nurse during the American Civil War. Frush's hometown—Greencastle, Pennsylvania—was a hotbed of wartime activity. Frush's own father was involved with the Union Army and volunteered their home to be a headquarters for Union officers. In addition, many injured soldiers from nearby battles were carried into the town for medical treatment.[1] Frush herself volunteered when there was a public call for nurses, at eighteen years of age.[1][2] She began her service at Hagerstown, Maryland and then returned to serve in Greencastle, though her most notable service took place at the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg.[2] During the three years of Frush's service, she worked in hospitals as well as on ambulances, gathering supplies.[2][1]

Alice Frush, from an 1897 publication.

Frush's service ended in December, 1864, when she left the army to marry Sergeant Frush of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry.[1][2] She was never officially discharged, so she never received no official discharge papers to prove of her service.[1]

References
  1. Holland, Mary G. (2002). Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War. Roseville: Edinborough Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-889020-04-4.
  2. Hall, Richard H. (2006). Women on the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 257. ISBN 9780700614370.


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