Laura Pender was a woman on the side of the
Confederacy during the
American Civil War.
Life
When she was coming back from a trip to
Bermuda a
Union ship attacked her boat. Her husband,
Josiah Pender Josiah Solomon Pender (March 11, 1819 – October 25, 1864) was an American soldier in the Confederate Army. He is best known for leading the capture of Fort Macon in April 1861.
Life
Pender was born in the Tarboro area of Edgecombe County to Solo ...
, was going to surrender because his crew was much smaller. Mrs. Pender said she would stand on the deck risking her life so that her husband would not surrender. It worked and she saved many goods for the
Confederacy. After that battle, she went back home to
Wilmington, North Carolina.
Death
Laura Pender died in 1875.
References
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People from Wilmington, North Carolina
Women in the American Civil War
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing