Amanda Matilda Colburn Felch-- Part 2: Went to War With Her brother

From the Vermont Civil War Org.

Growing up on a farm as she did made her a very strong woman, one who could endure all the deprivations of military life as well as long marches.  She married at age 23 and became Mrs. Farnham and after the war married M.P. Felch.  But her honors serving as a nurse came under the name Colburn.

When her brother Henry enlisted in the 3rd Vermont she left her child at her parents and followed him into service.  She enrolled with the the regiment July 5, 1861 and was appointed hospital matron.  In the winter 1861-1862, there was much sickness in the Army of the Potomac.

From that winter to the Battle of the Wilderness she went from regiment to regiment as she was needed.

--Old Secesh