Lucy Higgs Nichols, a runaway slave, lives in several states as a child, but is never sold. At twenty-four she joins the 23rd Indiana Regiment and becomes a Civil War nurse. In 1898 Lucy receives a nurse's pension by a Special Act of Congress. When Lucy dies, in 1915, she is buried with full military honors.
Lucy Higgs Nichols, a runaway slave, lives in several states as a child, but is never sold. At twenty-four she joins the 23rd Indiana Regiment and bec...
