Loreta Velazquez was not the only woman (who's, whose ) help was used during the Civil War, nor was being a foot soldier the only way women served in that war. She was not in combat, but Mary Walker, then in her ( thirties , thirty's), served in the Union army. She served with such distinction that she became the first woman to receive the Medal of Honor, the ( military's , militarys') highest-ranking medal.
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