http://www.vamowall.com/slthompkins2.html http://www.civilwarwomen.homestead.com/pg3.html MY THANKS TO Carlene for these two sites. They give details on Sally Louisa Tompkins as well as a likeness of her as well. > > > > The Robertson Hospital in Richmond became quite well known as it > provided highly efficient care for the wounded Confederates. The > facility had a reputation for returning their patients back into > military service ranks. > > As a lady of a large inheritance, Sally Louisa Tompkins had been > involved with charity work in their southern capitol of Richmond > and longed to do more for the Confederate States of America. Her > abilities were about to be quited when a new order was issued to > place all hospitals who treated soldiers under military control. > > When news of this military order finally reached President Davis > he was not willing to lose the managerial effectiveness of Sally > Tompkins. President Jefferson Davis decided to commission her as > a captain of cavalry-unassigned. On the 9th of September in 1861 > Captain Tompkins became the only woman to hold a regular commis- > sion in the Confederate States of America army. >