Portrait of Union Army nurse Major Belle Reynolds

Portrait of Union Army nurse Major Belle Reynolds, taken in 1862 during the U.S. Civil War.

Belle was described as “tall, handsome, and vivacious.” She survived the war and practiced medicine for many years after. She passed away in 1937 at the age of 96.

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Sources: Cole, R. M, photographer. Union nurse Major Belle Reynolds. [New-York ; Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, No. 501 Broadway] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018652229/> All the daring of the soldier by Elizabeth D. Leonard, W.W. Norton & Co, 1999 / “Belle Reynolds.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Reynolds