Trivia 8-7-15 Who am I & Friday Bonus

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I was buried during the Civil War in South Carolina. My grave is marked with an official government marker. I am recognized as the first female service member to be buried in a National Cemetery. Who am I?

credit: @lelliott19

Friday Bonus:

What did J.E.B Stuart and Flora Stuart name their first born son at birth?

credit: @War Horse
 
One of the five "known" interments in the trenches is that of Florena Budwin who disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Union Army in order to follow her husband, a Captain from Pennsylvania. Her husband was killed and Florena was captured. Her identity was finally discovered in the prison stockade at Florence, where she remained to help nurse the prisoners until she became ill and died on January 25, 1865. She is believed to be the first female service member to be buried in a National Cemetery.

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Jeb and Flora named their son Philip St. George Cooke Stuart after her father, but later changed his name to James Ewell Brown Stuart Jr.

Edit - Although the official correct answer says the boy was named Philip St. George Stuart, almost every player gave his name as Philip St. George Cooke Stuart. That agrees with the source I used, so that will be accepted as a correct answer.

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After her husband joined Union troops, Florena Budwin disguised herself as a man, hoping to find her husband. Captured in Charleston, South Carolina in 1864, she maintained her disguise and was sent to the Florence Stockade. When she took ill, a stockade physician discovered her identity and moved her to separate quarters. Sympathetic women in Florence provided her food and clothing. Upon her recovery, she stayed at the Florence Stockade and served as a nurse, delivering food and providing care to the sick and wounded. In January 1865 she fell ill again and died. She was buried at Florence National Cemetery with full military honors. http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/South_Carolina/Florence_National_Cemtery.html

"He will regret it but once & that will be continually," Stuart said of his father-in-law's decision (to remain in the Union); he even renamed his and Flora's months'-old son, [originally] Philip St. George Cooke Stuart, after himself, James Ewell Brown Stuart Jr. http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Stuart_Flora_Cooke_1836-1923
 
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Bonus: The baby was originally named Philip St. George Cooke Stuart, after Flora's father. But after Cooke chose sides with the Union, Stuart changed the baby's name to James Ewell Brown Stuart Jr.
 
Florena Budwin, enlisted with her husband from Philadelphia. Andersonville survivor. Died 1/15/1865 of pneumonia and buried in Florence National Cemetary, Florence, SC.

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JEB Stuart and his wife Flora Cooke, had their son on June 16, 1860 and named him Philip St. George Cooke Stuart (after JEB Stuart's father in Law) but changed his name to James Ewell Brown Stuart, Jr calling him Jimmie in 1861 after a conflict with Philip Cooke. JEB Stuart, Jr., then became JEB Stuart, II, since he had a son who he names JEB Stuart III.

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Florena Budwin (probably an alias)died a POW at the Florence Stockade, a prison camp which operated outside Florence, SC. Her identity as a female was only discovered by the prison authorities shortly before her death. For many decades she would be the only female soldier buried in a national cemetery.
She wrote, "This winter seems never to end, I get the feeling it will outlast me. I managed to pick up pneumonia from the hospital, and I have been in bed for weeks. The Southerners have all been very kind towards me, but I do not think it will help."
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5959585
http://civilwarwomenblog.com/florena-budwin/
Bonus: J.E.B. and Flora son's name originally was,
Philip St. George Cooke Stuart.
 
Friday question:
Florena Budwin
"She is believed to be the first female service member to be buried in a National Cemetery. [She has the only marked grave in Row # 13]"

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http://friendsof.theflorencestockade.com/index.php/florence-national-cemetery

Bonus: (great!!! One of the rare questions I can answer without research!!)
Philip St. George Cooke Stuart

"he even renamed his and Flora's months'-old son, Philip St. George Cooke Stuart, after himself, James Ewell Brown Stuart Jr."

http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Stuart_Flora_Cooke_1836-1923
 
I was buried during the Civil War in South Carolina. My grave is marked with an official government marker. I am recognized as the first female service member to be buried in a National Cemetery. Who am I?

credit: @lelliott19

Friday Bonus:

What did J.E.B Stuart and Flora Stuart name their first born son at birth?

credit: @War Horse
Florena Budwin...Bonus: Flora named him Phillip St. George Cooke Stuart...J.E.B. changed it to J.E.B. Jr. (Jimmie).
 
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