page_title: Frederick Townsend Ward
section_title: Death in battle
hierarchical_section_title: Frederick Townsend Ward / Death in battle
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 弗雷德里克·汤森德·华尔墓碑，原位于松江，现藏于南京瞻园太平天国历史博物馆。
context_page_description: Frederick Townsend Ward was an American sailor and soldier of fortune known for his military service in Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion.
context_section_description: Ward was mortally wounded in the Battle of Cixi, about 10 miles from Ningbo on September 21, 1862, when he was shot in the abdomen. One version is that he was wounded at the base of the city wall. Ward had survived 14 previous battlefield injuries.
  Ward lingered for a day. During that time he dictated a will ensuring his brother, sister and Chinese wife, Chang Meihua, would be cared for; he died on the morning of September 22, 1862. Ward died at the height of his fame, leaving an unusual, original army forged by an even more unusual commander.
caption: Ward's tombstone in Taiping Kingdom History Museum
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