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(VIVANDIERE KADY BROWNELL carte-de-visite)

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(VIVANDIERE KADY BROWNELL  carte-de-visite)
"A very nice war-date carte-de-visite of Kady Brownell who served with the 1st Rhode Island Volunteers and 5th Rhode Island Battalion as a laundress in order to be with her husband, a private in both these regiments. Image shows Brownell armed with a musket and dressed in the distinctive uniform of a vivandiere. Within days of the Battle of New Berne, N. C. in March, 1862, Brownell was billed by newspaper reporters as the ""Heroine of New Berne"" for carrying a national flag in that engagement and helping redirect friendly fire from her husband's regiment. No backstamp, very good." 2472 A very nice war-date carte-de-visite of Kady Brownell who served with the 1st Rhode Island Volunteers and 5th Rhode Island Battalion as a laundress in order to be with her husband, a private in both these regiments. Image shows Brownell armed with a musket and dressed in the distinctive uniform of a vivandiere. Within days of the Battle of New Berne, N. C. in March, 1862, Brownell was billed by newspaper reporters as the ""Heroine of New Berne"" for carrying a national flag in that engagement and helping redirect friendly fire from her husband's regiment. No backstamp, very good.