The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
FAMOUS Army NURSE DEAD.
Career OF Miss Harriet 2. Dame. Who served
IhrOugh the Entire OWL War.


CONCORD. n. H., April ?s.-Miss Harriet
p. Dame. President Of the Army Nurses Assoc
citation. and one of the few women to go through
the Civil War as a nurse. died on Tuesday
last.
Miss Dame was born in North BarnStead.
y. IL, on Jan. . 1915, the daughter Of James aud
Phebe Dame. In 1856 she removed to Concord.
y. H.. and when the war tame in 1851 opened
her house in that city as a hospital for the SICK
volunteers who came from all paris of the
state to enlist. When the Second New Hamp-
shire Regiment was ordered 10 Portsmouth
10 be mustered into service she insisted on
going with it so that she might continue the
work she, had begun. and when the reglment
finally went South she accompanied it in spite
Of the protests Of Coy. Berry. who declared
that inasmuch as the United States Govern
ment did not and would not recognize nurses
on the field. the journey was hazardous,
There were seven other women who seryed
as nurses on the field during the wal, and Miss
Dame was the only one TO enter the service
when the war started and remain until the close.
During the Peninsular campaign she shared
fortunes with the soldiers. her first night at
Yorktown being spent in "A feed box in the
stable, At Fair Oaks a shell tore through
'i' wy " Ah' l'IlN III nv Sl' II
sick and wounded, but she escaped injury.
During the retreat Of the James Miss Dame
led the little army of sick who had been in her
care, wearing n heavy pair Of rubber boots.
and a thin netting of mosquito cloth covering
her head. On the march one of the soldiers
dropped dead from exhaustion, and Miss Dame
halted the procession while a grave was dug
and the dead soldier buried. Then she placed
"a sinh 1f nina u.nnd pt.av tho ,,,t,nl n,Al rpx..
orders to march. At the railroad station at
Harrison's Landing soldiers were being loaded
on the train and Miss Dame insisted that the
sick ones should have the first chance for ac-
commodations. She won her point.
During the second Bull Run campaign Mss
Dame had her headquarters at Stone Church.
Near there she was taken prisoner and marched
who. after listening TO her story and learn
ing her mission within the lines, ordered a
guard Of eight picked men to escort hCrt9
the New Hampshire Relief Association, and
was sent by Gov, Gilmore TO South Carolina
10, investigate the condition Of the, Northern
soldiers. Her mission was opposed strongly
by Miss Dorothy Dix and others. on the ground
that 1t was dangerous for a woman, But Miss
The result Of her Investigations was embodied
in a report TO Surgeon-General Barnes, who
promptly ordered that the conveys Argo and
Fulton be converted into hospital ~hips. and
NhNN w 'N' NO 'A'T - - az ~ II I'll u
Al the battle Of gettysburg Miss Dame did
valiant servic" on the field, and the week fol
lowing the close Of that great battle organized
the New Hampshire soldiers Relief AssOCla-
ton. In the spring of 1884 she took the field
with the Army of the James and during the Cold
Harbor Campaign She had headquarters at
White House and later At the Eighteenth CorpS
Field Hospital at Broadway Landing on the
AppomattoS. From there she issued slnpplirs,
gave orders and sent messengers. viii the
surrender Of the Confederate army and rha
cessation OF hostilities she remained with the
regiment until its dlsbandnent, and then
returned To Washington.
In 1897 through the efforts Of Nr Chand-
Ter OF New Hampshire and in recognition
pointed TO a place in the Currency Division
there until 1895. when -lIe returned 10 Concord
New Hampshire Regiment q handsome build
reunions are now held. At the recent State
resolutions were passed 10y the Veterans rA-
When the Army Nurses ASSOCIATION was
Dame was elected President. and held that
of the WOman's Relief Corps. IN 1895 she
fell on the icy pavement in front of the Blame I
mansion In Washington, tracturiug her right
The first afternoon that she was able TO 20
on the street she vas run dow by Il woman
and her left hip was broken. After |
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