Wade, Mary Virginia

Civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Life Span
to
Full name
Mary Virginia Wade
Place of Birth
Gettysburg, PA
Burial Place
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Female
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
4
No. of Spouses
0
No. of Children
0
Friends
Family
James Wade (father), Mary Ann Filby (mother) 
Occupation
Other
Other Occupation
Seamstress
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Date Event
In the town of Gettysburg, 20-year-old Jennie Wade is killed instantly, hit with a stray Confederate bullet
Jennie Wade, killed the morning before, is buried in a temporary grave in Gettysburg
In Virginia, Jack Skelly, soldier fiance of the late Jennie Wade, dies of his wounds
Gettysburg Campaign
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