Hetty Cary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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best remembered for making the first three battle flags of the Confederacy
Date of Birth: 15-May-1836
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 27-Sep-1892
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Hetty Cary
- Hetty Carr Cary (May 15, 1836 – September 27, 1892) was the wife of CSA General John Pegram and, later, of pioneer physiologist H.
- Newell Martin.
- She is best remembered for making the first three battle flags of the Confederacy (along with her sister and cousin).
- Hetty was related to two of Virginia's most influential families, the Jeffersons (through her mother's family) and the Randolphs (through her paternal grandmother, Virginia Randolph Cary).
- She was also a lineal descendant of Pocahontas.Henry Kyd Douglas, in I Rode With Stonewall, described Hetty as "the most beautiful woman of her day and generation" and "the handsomest woman in the Southland -- with her classic face, her pure complexion, her auburn hair.
- her perfect figure and her carriage, altogether the most beautiful woman I ever saw in any land."
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