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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Jennie Wade canonical 4

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Predicate Object
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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