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On June 10, 1982, a US postage stamp was issued to honor the humanitarian acts of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), who risked her life to treat the sick and wounded during the Civil War. She was the first woman to serve as an Army surgeon.

In 1865, on the recommendation of General Sherman, Walker was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. However, 51 years later, new criteria for receiving the medal disqualified her. Walker refused to return the medal and wore it every day until her death in 1919. In 1977, an order was signed by the Secretary of the Army to reinstate her award. She is the only woman to ever be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

First Day of Issue ceremonies were held in her hometown of Oswego, New York on June 10, 1982. (Scott 2013)

                                       
                                             Dr. Mary Walker
                                              Army Surgeon
                                              Medal of Honor
 

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William Robert ("Sawney") Webb (1842-1926), United States Senator (D) from Tennessee; 62d Congress (1913-1913). Grandson of Rep. Richard Stanford. Enlisted in Confederate Army; returned to North Carolina in 1865; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1868. Founded the Webb School, a preparatory school, at Culleoka, Tenn., in 1870; moved the school to Bell Buckle, Tenn., in 1886; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert L. Taylor and served for 39 days from January 24, 1913, to March 3, 1913; was not a candidate for reelection in 1913. –more... Wikipedia

Thanks for the information Pixel Wrangler. We'll clarify the name in the title, and add the year he served to the date when we update the record.

I added the photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Webb

Name is spelled Morris Sheppard. Senator from Texas. Prominent prohibitionist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Sheppard

Cynthia Wenslow: Thanks for catching that typo and pointing to additional information on Sen. Sheppard. We will correct the record when we update it.

Morris Sheppard was in the news in 1913 when he resigned his seat in the House of Representatives to fill a vacancy in the U. S. Senate.