proven lower mortality rates as a result are exceptionally notable among her many legacies to the United States and medical providers everywhere, practices still in widespread use. A number of monuments commemorate Captain Sally and the Robertson Hospital. In 1910, Sally unveiled a marker on the site where the Robertson Hospital once stood. Today, the marker still stands, but the original hospital building no longer survives. The site today is a 24-hour diner. There are also a number of Virginia historical markers in her hometown, dedicated to her life. During the Civil War Centennial in the 1960s, there were a number of efforts made to honor Captain Sally's legacy. One of which was a stained glass memorial window in the St. James Episcopal Church depicting Captain Sally overseen by an angel. There was also an effort to put a statue of Captain Sally on Monument Avenue in Richmond. Unfortunately, the design for the statue was done by the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí and sparked outrage throughout the city. Thus the plan to build a statue to her was never completed. Three chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are named after Captain Sally, who was elected Honorary President of the Virginia Division in 1905. One of the chapters was founded in her hometown of Mathews, Virginia and was chartered in 1908 as the Captain Sallie Tompkins Chapter. It was deactivated in 1955. Following an article in the local newspaper in July 1999, a small group of "daughters" met and resolved to bring a chapter back to Mathews. Since Sally's name was misspelled in the 1908 charter the group decided to petition as a new chapter with a new number, which became effective on August 22, 2000. So far, there are two published books dedicated to Captain Sally's life. The first one is a book of poetry based on Sally's life called Dearest of Captains. The second, is a biography written by a distant relative of Sally's called The Lady With the Milk White Hands. Tompkins was the aunt of painter Clementina Tompkins. References Captain Sally / A Biography of Capt. Sally Tompkins, America's First Female Officer by Thomas T. Wiatt External links Robertson Hospital Register Collection a database of 1,329 entries of Civil War patients admitted to the hospital from 1861 to 1865, from the collection of the VCU Libraries Reunion of The Class of 1865 at Virginia Memory