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About Mary Martha Reid
Mary Martha Reid is Florida's "most famous nurse and Confederate heroine." She is best known for serving as the matron of the Florida Hospital, founded in Richmond, Virginia in 1862 to treat convalescing Confederate soldiers from Florida. Her husband, Robert Raymond Reid, served as the territorial governor of Florida from 1839 to 1841.
Everything about Mary Martha Reid →- Occupation
- nurse
- Born
- September 19, 1812
- Died
- June 24, 1894