Mandana Coleman Thorp

Mandana Coleman Thorp
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Mandana Coleman Major January 25, 1843 Almond, New York, U.S.
Died	July 7, 1916 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Resting place	River View Cemetery, Portland
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Alfred University
Occupations	American Civil War nurse, singer patriot public official
Spouse	Thomas Jones Thorp ​ ​ (m. 1862; died 1915)​
Children	5
Relatives	Moses Van Campen

Mandana Coleman Thorp (née, Major; January 25, 1843 – July 7, 1916) was an American Civil War nurse and singer. She rallied the Union Army troops by singing battle hymns and national airs, and tended to the sick and injured. In 1865, at the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C., she rode at the head of the 1st New York Dragoons Regiment.^[1] After the war, she moved west with her husband, Colonel Thomas J. Thorp, and worked as a public official in Northern Michigan. Around 1900, they settled in Oregon, where she was active in the Woman's Relief Corps.