Women / Persons ~ P23768
Mary Catherine Windsor
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Social Networks and Archival ContextAlternate Names:
- Aunt Kitty
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 17 March 1830 - 1914
Types:
- African American
- American (US)
- Heroine in war
- Model of faith, piety
- Spy
- widow
Note: Was widowed young, later re-married and was widowed again. Became a spy for the Union after she prevented a Confederate attack while traveling on the Mississippi. Noted in other sources about African American women in the Civil War.