Confederate Vivandières
Alabama
One Daughter of the Regiment
Served with: 8th Alabama Infantry
Weapons/action: Sword and pistol
Madame Boivert-Vivandière
Served with: Gardes Lafayette from Mobile
Mary Ann Perkins-Vivandière
Served with: Gardes Lafayette from Mobile
Georgia
One Daughter of the Regiment
Served with: Unknown Georgia unit
Kentucky
Miss Eliza "Lide" Carico-Daughter of the Regiment
Served with: 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers Co. A
Post-War Photo
One Vivandiere
Served with: Unknown Kentucky unit
Louisiana
Lavinia Williams and other Vivandières
Served with: 1st Louisiana Infantry, Co. B
Present at: First Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, Pensacola, Second Bull Run
Weapons/action: Musicians' swords, said to be able to out drill and out fight the men
Miss Riliseh
Served with: 1st Louisiana Infantry, Co. D
Present at: First Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, Pensacola, Second Bull Run
Weapons/action: Musicians' swords, said to be able to out drill and out fight the men, a white handled knife, perhaps of bone, stuck in her waistband
Wartime Photo
Leona Neville-Vivandière
Served with: 5th Louisiana Infantry
Rose Rooney-Daughter of the Regiment/Laundress
Served with: 15th Louisiana Infantry, Co. K
Present at: First Bull Run, Gettysburg, Appomattox
Age: 28 or 40's by accounts
Mistress "John Bahr"-Officer's Wife
Served with: Washington Artillery of New Orleans
Betty Sullivan-Daughter of the Regiment
Served with: Unknown Louisiana Regiment
Also known as:Betsy Sullivan
Maryland
Jane Claudia Johnson-Daughter of the Regiment
Served with: 1st Maryland Infantry
South Carolina
Lucinda Horne-Daughter of the Regiment/Nurse
Served with: 14th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Co. K
Present at: Gettysburg, Richmond Campaign, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, the capture of Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Sheperdstown, Fredericksburg and Petersburg
Age: 40
Tennessee
Betsy Sullivan-Daughter of the Regiment
Served with: 1st Tennessee Infantry, Co. K
Present at: Battle of Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville
Also known as: Mrs. Betty, Betsy Sullivan
Virginia
Lucy Ann Cox-Daughter of the Regiment/Nurse
Served with: 30th Virginia Infantry Co. A and 13th Virginia Infantry
Present at: First Manassas, Fredericksburg
Post-War Photo
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© Elizabeth Atkins, 2000
