Interesting Civil War Nurse

Question

I came across an interesting woman in my work on Rockford profiles. She joined her husband when he signed up for the civil war and became a nurse.  Interestingly no evidence that she had any training but ended up a hospital matron!

Answer 1

United States Civil War Nurses is a great resource to help in researching 

Answer 2

Here's a short biography of Mary (Conger) Brainad as part of a series that focuses on female heroines of the Civil War:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Congressional_Record/rh5YFrEr34YC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mary+brainad+conger&pg=PA11976&printsec=frontcover

Others include:

Aunt Leslie Aiken

Louisa May Alcott

Clara Barton

Mother Bickerdyke

America Carter

Dorothea Dix

Mother Ellsworth

Annie Etheridge

Lucretia Garfield (wife of Pres. James Garfield)

Helen Louise Garfield

Julia Dent Grant (wife of Pres. U.S. Grant)

Lucy Wenn Hayes (wife of Pres. Rutherford Hayes)

Susan A. Harding

Nancy Keturah Hoover

Julia Ward Howe

Mary C. Keeble

Elizabeth Kipp 

Susan Lemmon

Mary Todd Lincoln (wife of Pres. Abraham Lincoln)

Mary Cunningham Logan 

Ida McKinley (wife of Pres. William McKinley)

Eliza Porter

Carrie Reed

Alice Carey Risley

Ella Ewing Sherman (wife of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman)

Mary Harris Thompson

Mary Winegardner

Aunt Becky Young

Mary M. Daskan

Marilla Plums

Quite a list of women with wonderful accomplishments.