Lorinda Anna Blair Etheridge (May 3, 1839 – January 23, 1913) was a Union nurse and vivandière who served during the American Civil War.

[2] At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Etheridge enlisted in the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, serving as a nurse and vivandière.

After General Philip Kearny saw her caring for wounded men during the Peninsula campaign, he "adopted" her into his III Corps division.

[5] Armed with pistols for her protection and saddlebags filled with medical supplies, Etheridge frequently rode into the front lines on horseback to aid wounded soldiers.

[4] She was "brave, constant, tender possessed nerves of steel, and willing to join the fight as necessary, encourage[d] the men to greater valor, or remain[ed] in the rear treating wounds.

[8] At the Battle of Chancellorsville on the morning of May 3, 1863, Etheridge rode up to a general and his staff with a sack of hardtack and a dozen canteens filled with hot coffee.

[11] Assigned to the Knickerbocker, under Amy M. Bradley, she aided in the transportation of wounded men from the ports of Alexandria, Virginia, to Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington.

[5] After the war, she married and worked in the United States Treasury Department, eventually receiving a monthly pension of $25 for her unpaid military service.

[15][page needed][13] Gentle Annie: The True Story of a Civil War Nurse, written by Mary Francis Shura, is a fictionalized biography of Anna Etheridge.