Mary Perkins (May 5, 1839 – November 18, 1893) was a Union nurse during the American Civil War.
Mary Perkins | |
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Born | Brewer, Maine | May 5, 1839
Died | November 18, 1893 | (aged 54)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Nurse |
Early life
editPerkins was born on May 5, 1839, in Brewer, Maine. She later moved to Enfield, Maine until the outbreak of the Civil War.[1]
Civil War service
editPerkins enlisted in 1861 as a nurse for the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry.[1][2] Shortly after, she accompanied the regiment to Washington, D.C., where she served at Brigade Hospital.[1] In March 1862, the regiment moved, and Perkins then served at Hygeia Hospital.[3][2] At this hospital, Perkins worked with Dorothea Dix throughout McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.[3]
Perkins left the service when her brother was injured in the war.[3][2]
After the war
editPerkins married Andrew Perkins in April 1850. She died on November 18, 1893.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Holland, Mary G. (1998). Our Army Nurses. Roseville: Edinborough Press. p. 203. ISBN 9781889020044.
- ^ a b c Hall, Richard (2006). Women of the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 230. ISBN 9780700614370.
- ^ a b c d Holland, Mary G. (1998). Our Army Nurses. Roseville: Edinborough Press. p. 204. ISBN 9781889020044.
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