Biography from the book "Our Eldest and Last Civil War Nurses" by Jay S. Hoar published July 2001.
Mrs. Caledonia Vaughn (1844-Apr. 16, 1939), 95, of 2606 Adams Street, Topeka, Kansas, was born a slave in her native Tennessee, though her parents are unnamed on her "final document". "Mother was sold when I was a few weeks old". Illiterate lifelong though Caledonia was, she lacked not for philosophizing's and eloquence. As to inquiries for where she did her Civil War nursing, she had a standard answer: "All over". This pithy response saved her breath, but documents {Pension # 2429506 & 1212094} verify her service as cook and nurse at Army Hospitals in St. Louis, Nashville, and in Indiana. For quite some time she was with the 3rd Illinois and 12th Missouri Cavalries. After serving nearly three war years, she accompanied the troops to Fort Leavenworth, to Omaha, to Fort Julesburg, to the head of the Yellowstone, witnessing actions against the Indians Sept. 1-5, 1866, in Nebraska and on Powder River. Caledonia was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth.
Mrs. Vaughn was laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Topeka from Browser's Mortuary Apr. 21, 1939.
Biography from the book "Our Eldest and Last Civil War Nurses" by Jay S. Hoar published July 2001.
Mrs. Caledonia Vaughn (1844-Apr. 16, 1939), 95, of 2606 Adams Street, Topeka, Kansas, was born a slave in her native Tennessee, though her parents are unnamed on her "final document". "Mother was sold when I was a few weeks old". Illiterate lifelong though Caledonia was, she lacked not for philosophizing's and eloquence. As to inquiries for where she did her Civil War nursing, she had a standard answer: "All over". This pithy response saved her breath, but documents {Pension # 2429506 & 1212094} verify her service as cook and nurse at Army Hospitals in St. Louis, Nashville, and in Indiana. For quite some time she was with the 3rd Illinois and 12th Missouri Cavalries. After serving nearly three war years, she accompanied the troops to Fort Leavenworth, to Omaha, to Fort Julesburg, to the head of the Yellowstone, witnessing actions against the Indians Sept. 1-5, 1866, in Nebraska and on Powder River. Caledonia was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth.
Mrs. Vaughn was laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Topeka from Browser's Mortuary Apr. 21, 1939.
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