Fox was 22 years old when the Civil War erupted in early 1861. She and two other Natchez ladies traveled to the front lines to serve as volunteer nurses in such places as Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. When the Union Navy captured Natchez as they advanced toward Vicksburg, Mississippi, Fox hid a Confederate flag under her petticoat to prevent its capture.[citation needed]
Near the end of the war, Fox became the matron of the Confederate hospital in Meridian, Mississippi. There, she met Louisiana druggist George D. Waddill while they both tended sick and dying Confederate soldiers. The couple were married in Lauderdale, Mississippi (near Corinth) on September 26, 1864.[1]
The couple moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they operated a drugstore for many years. She became active in the Confederate Memorial Association and other societies.
The Joanna Waddill Camp #294 of the Daughters of the Confederacy is named in her honor. It is active in local Civil War memorialization.[2]
Referencesedit
^Waddill biographical webpage. 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2008-10-06.
^Library of Louisiana State University. 2007-08-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2008-10-06.
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