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    1. Civil War question
    2. delores
    3. I have an ancestor who is listed as a "Matron" in a branch of the Army in 1861, what does this mean? I have heard that it means she was a nurse but I am not sure. Delores

    07/10/2001 10:23:13
    1. Re: Civil War question
    2. Eileen
    3. Delores: A matron in a British hospital is the equilivant of a head floor nurse. Eileen > I have an ancestor who is listed as a "Matron" in a branch of the Army in 1861, what does this mean? I have heard that it means she was a nurse but I am not sure. > Delores > >

    07/10/2001 01:39:00