Jennie Wade

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Jennie Wade was the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War, later becoming a symbol of the conflict’s impact on noncombatants.

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instanceOf American Civil War civilian
civilian casualty
human
activityDuringBattle baking bread for Union soldiers
ageAtDeath 20
associatedWithMilitarySide Union (indirectly, as a civilian in Union-held area)
bodyInitiallyBuriedAt backyard of the house where she was killed
burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
commemoratedIn historical literature about the Battle of Gettysburg
tourist sites in Gettysburg
conflict American Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1843-05-21
dateOfDeath 1863-07-03
era 19th century
ethnicGroup European American
father James Wade
linked to: James R. Wade
fullName Mary Virginia Wade
givenName Mary
hasMonument statue at her gravesite in Evergreen Cemetery
houseAssociatedWith Jennie Wade House
houseLocation Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
killedWhile baking bread in her sister's house
languageSpoken English
laterReinterredAt Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg
mannerOfDeath killed in action
memorial Jennie Wade Monument at Evergreen Cemetery
middleName Virginia
mother Mary Ann Filby Wade
nickname Jennie
notableFor only direct civilian death during the Battle of Gettysburg
occupation seamstress
placeOfBirth Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
religion Methodism
residence Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
sexOrGender female
shotThrough door of the house where she was staying
sibling Georgia Wade McClellan
symbolOf civilian suffering in the American Civil War
impact of war on noncombatants

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