The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-28
A HEROINE OF '63.
MISS CARRIE E. CUTTER.
The Only Lady Furnished with a
Soldiers Headstone.

ForroR Journal Having arrived ii
n town for the purpose OF visiting 'he p
National Cemetery mere located, my c
attention was called to certain state j
,,ants in the "New Berne City Dlrec- {
tory, 1S93," concerning my late sister, e
Miss Carrie E. Cutter, nurse, 2lst Regt !
Mass Vols.
Miss Carrie E. Cutter, daughter OF
S,roaon Calvin Gutter, author Of Cut i
ter's School Physiologles, was born IN
New Hampshire, July 2Sth, 1913
She was educated at Prof. Russells
Private Seminary at Lancaster, Mass,
at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Moss and at a Private German School
in Pennsylvania. In April, 1861, she
was on the eve of her departure Tor a
three years tour and study IN Europe
when the outset of the civil war wreck
ed her plans. The writer's most VlVlo
ro,nem brance OF her was, as she dlstrlb-
uted New Testaments to the voluh-
teers drawn up on the railway platform
of his native town on the morning OF
their departure for camp. She was
1.-the. we'll formed, fine featured, grey
ewes and hght-brown hafr. A few
vaeks later her father was commission
ed as Surgeon of the 2lst Regt. Mass
Vols. going into camp in July, 1856
In the month of October, 1861, at
her earnest. repeated requests she was
nermitteJ to join her father in camp at
the Naval Academy, Annapolis. When
the Burnside Expedition was ready TO
soil her elderly lady companion, Mrs.
y. Studlev, decided not to go forward
" Miss Carrie was permitted to proceed
with the officers of the 21st Regt. On
the s. S. "NOrtherner. CHe Wl'u0o"oo
er tho horrors of those severe wintry gales
off Hatteras where so many found wa
terry graves.
During the action at Roanoke lslano
ne Fob stb she was on board the "North
arner" caring for dying scout-a maj
who enlisted from her hometown
,os Charles Plummer Tidd. Ihls scou
had lived in my fathers family fror
1860 to the time Of his enlistment
tho Dist Regt. IN July, 1861. Ildd
6ancee lived in Kansas. My mothf
= has often told me that my sister WI
never engaged to Plummer Tidd II
ronaoce about Charles E. Coledge,
o;ven in the Newberne City Director
tist has no foundation, IN TACT flumh
the Tidd died and was buried at AsoN
we'd Harbor. My sister was unable to
lSoH present at the 1nLoTIHenV.
not After the action at Roanoke lsla1
yet Mic. Carrie went ashore and LABOR
uth' ,,ntiringlv in the care OF the SICK
very tho wounded. Being able to use
sons Garman language she had espee
after CHARGE Of three young Germans, v
luch IN their delirium, had forgotten
more Enolisb language. AS the result OF
xertions. her priyations and the
rnot ,ot;c influences, she was indlspt
10 De when she sailed on the "Northeri
are for the mouth of the Neuse RI
ntltlc While the battle of New Berne
II eS- raging. the fever assumed an aiaiA
to be state. Her father was unable TO II
The her until the 10Th. When nope
early recovery had vanished, she requeste
lost as ~, h,,r;ed with the soldier brave
hicted poorole Island" She passed ava
her cabin on the - = ~
here is er,1ero early in the morning OF VI
make oath. 1862. Had she lived TIL
,;sito,v 1869 she would have been MN
o,ace- years OF age.
Bv order of Gen'l. Burnside ne
peflec' mains were forwarded on 81
result stoo,ner TO Roanoke Island wher
,e span was buried with the military Il
nood bestowed upon colonel. Al
reonest she was inferred ty the
saro ~ hor friend. Orderly Sergent Char
all tha' T;dd. Her father, owing TO
n of a ,,,as unable to accompany the re
,,lontv j. +bo Island. When the M
.,+ al Cemetery was established at Ne"
nv the order of the Secretary Oh
io''s her remains were removed L
porne Her name is inscribed
e taken. during bronze on the soldiers
o,,t erected in her hometown,
, we lay Massachusetts, The United Sta
light and t,,,;shed her with soldiers he;