Title: Southern Heroism, Story of A Woman who Rode 300 Miles on
Horseback with Year Old Baby to Visit Sick Husband.
Author: Amanda Spears

Pages: 4
Written: January 15, 1913
Published: February 7, 1913

Description:
During the Civil War, Jacksonville native, Amand Spear's husband was ill with typhoid pneumonia in Arkansas. After hearing of her husbands condition from soldiers on leave, she and her brother-in-law travelled 300 miles to nurse him back to health and bring him home.

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