The announcement of Juliet Opie Hopkins’ passing almost went unnoticed. “Death of a Well Known Southern Lady” it read, a one-column headline buried in the March 10, 1890, edition of The Washington Post. Yet when more complete arrangements appeared in the next day’s paper, some Washingtonians realized that a truly unusual lady had departed the scene. Pallbearers, it was announced, would be the Senators and Representatives from the state of Alabama, assisted by officers of the United States Army. And on the order of Gen. John Schofield, commander of the Army, burial would be in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors.
Such distinction aroused more than a few curious inquiries. Had not this “Southern lady” been involved in the late rebellion? Was this not the individual who had—with boundless secessionist energies and a personal financial sacrifice estimated between $200,000 to $500,000—established and managed several military hospitals for Confederate soldiers?
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