Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Harriet Eaton, a nurse, wrote to Ellen Usher Bacon in October 1864 about her arrival at City Point, Virginia, where she was to continue her nursing work.
She had been a nurse for the Maine Camp Hospital Association, with which Bacon was involved. She may have been with the Maine Agency of the Sanitary Commission in 1864.
She described the camp, her friends she encountered and the work she was doing.
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About This Item
- Title: Harriet Eaton on arrival in Virginia, 1864
- Creator: Harriet Eaton
- Creation Date: 1864-10-21
- Subject Date: 1864
- Location: City Point, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.2 cm x 12.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 9, Box 1/7
- Collection: Rebecca Usher papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
- Women in war--History--19th century
- Relief (Aid)
- Military hospitals--Virginia
- Military medicine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
- Maine Agency Sanitary Commission
- Travel
- War--Relief of sick and wounded
- Nurses, American
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