Kate Larson: She had many roles during the civil war; she was like a chameleon. She was a spy and a scout. She was able to get information from the local black community that many of the white officers and soldiers could not get information from. She passed along important spy information and rebel activity information to the Union command structure in the Hilton Head area. She was involved in helping to train newly freed black women in skills that they would need [in order] to provide services to the Union soldiers and the Union officers—like cleaning, laundry, and cooking etc—so that they could earn money for themselves for the first time in their lives. She was a teacher. She was also a cook herself; she cooked at night and sold things during the day to raise money for herself so that she could send it back to her family in Auburn, New York. She was a nurse; she provided really important nursing care to black and white soldiers not only in the Hilton Head area but also on certain campaigns that [took place] in the South. She is credited with saving many lives because she was able to make a special tea that was given to soldiers who had dysentery and it helped stop that. Dysentery was a huge problem at that time.