Helen L. Gilson - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows reproduction of portrait print of Helen L. Gilson, also known as Helen Louise Gilson Osgood, who was a Union nurse in the Civil War. In album: Portraits of the Barton, Bigelow, Bullard, Buswel... More
Miss Clara Barton. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathe...
Original Caption: Miss Clara Barton..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1857..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: B... More
Civil War envelope showing woman nursing soldier with message "Lovely ...
Addressed to Mrs. F. Behymer, Shelbyville, Illinois ; postmarked Richmond, Kentucky ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Amberman Postal History, Clifton Park, New York,... More
Civil War envelope showing soldier standing in front of American flag,...
Addressed to Arthur E. Whitney, care S.D. Whitney, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., Ohio ; postmarked Cleveland, Ohio, June 1862 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Amberman Pos... More
Nurse Mary A.E. Keen of Seminary Hospital, Washington, D.C., and Chesa...
Photograph shows identified Army nurse who worked from 1861 to 1865 under the jurisdiction of Dorothea Dix and later married Milton Woodworth. Notation in case behind photograph: "Mary A.E. Keen at about 27 ye... More
Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The letter for home / H.
Print shows a nurse writing a letter for a wounded Army of the Potomac soldier in a hospital bed. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.03).
Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving
Cartoon showing a nurse about to give some quinine to a sickly boy who tells her that he wishes he was in Dixie because the cost of quinine is so high there that it would be unlikely she would waste it on him.
Carrie Wilkins Pollard, Civil War nurse
Photograph shows identified nurse who served at U.S. field hospitals in Louisville, Kentucky, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, and the Floating Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Case: Rinhart, no. 175. Pension rec... More
Clara Barton - from portrait taken in Civil War and authorized by her ...
Clara Barton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. By courtesy of the Commonwealth Press, Worcester, Mass.
Susie King Taylor, known as the first African American Army nurse
Photograph shows portrait of Susie King Taylor, who served more than three years as nurse with the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, although officially enrolled as a lau... More
Monuments & memorials. Sisters and nurses, Civil War memorial
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mary Ann Bickerdyke Papers: Miscellany; Newspaper clippings; 1 of 2
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Florence Nightingale By appointment, Mr. Kilburn, 222 Regent Street
Photograph shows portrait of the founder of modern nursing who served as an inspiration for American nurses in the Civil War. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Colle... More
Jean Margaret Davenport Lander, actress and Civil War nurse Whipple, 9...
Beginning date based on year of her marriage; end date based on last year Whipple based at this address. Notation on recto: "Jean M. Lander to her friend Mrs. Chandler of Mich." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018;... More
Sybil Jones, Quaker missionary who nursed Union soldiers and Confedera...
Printed on verso: "Sybil Jones, Maine, U.S.A." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing, July 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collec... More
Mary Ann Bickerdyke Papers: Miscellany; Newspaper clippings; 2 of 2
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Civil War nurse partially identified as Miss Davis of South Street Hos...
Tax stamp on verso. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing, July 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photograph... More
Helen L. Gilson, Civil War nurse and head of the Colored Hospital Serv...
Photograph shows portrait of Helen Louise Gilson, also known as Helen Louise Gilson Osgood, who cared for wounded and dying soldiers at battles including Yorktown, Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Chancell... More
Portrait photo of Union nurse Major Belle Reynolds
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper pp/liljwoch
Mary Morris Husband, Civil War nurse in Philadelphia, at field hospita...
Photograph shows portrait of identified nurse who worked at military hospitals in Philadelphia; field hospitals including Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Port Royal; and hospital transports to Baltimore, Anti... More
Katharine Prescott Wormeley, Civil War relief worker, U.S. Sanitary Co...
Photograph shows identified relief worker who worked at the Newport Ladies' Aid Society and nurse who worked on hospital transport ships in the Peninsular Campaign and as director of Lovell Hospital, Portsmouth... More
Union nurse Helen Louise Gilson Black & Case, Boston & Newport, R.I
Photograph shows portrait of nurse Helen Louise Gilson, also known as Helen Louise Gilson Osgood. Notation on verso: "With the pleasantest recollections of the Jaffrey Institute, I am Yr. Friend, Helen Louise ... More
Harriet E. Preston Grogan, U.S. Army Medical Department nurse of Chesa...
Notation on verso: "H.E. Preston." Tax stamp on verso. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing, July 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Famil... More
Almira Fales, philanthropist and nurse during the Civil War Whitehurst...
Photograph shows identified Civil War nurse holding baskets of supplies. Photographer is possibly William Snell who worked in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, form... More
Grace Babcock, Civil War nurse, sitting atop Lookout Mountain From Tho...
Photograph shows identified nurse who may have worked with U.S. Sanitary Commission or U.S. General Hospital in Chattanooga. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collec... More
Eleanor C. Ransom, Civil War nurse, with Union soldier who is showing ...
Photograph shows portrait of identified nurse, also known as "Mother," who worked in a Union hospital in Tennessee and aboard the transport ship "North America." Stencilled on verso: "Mrs. Ransom, the soldiers... More
Maria M.C. Hall, Civil War nurse at Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Ma...
Photograph shows identified nurse who worked at the Patent Office Hospital, Washington, D.C.; Daniel Webster hospital ship in the Peninsular Campaign; Smoketown Hospital, Antietam; and General Hospital #1, Anna... More
Florence Nightingale H. Lenthall, successor to Mr. Kilburn, 222 Regent...
Photograph shows portrait of the founder of modern nursing who served as an inspiration for American nurses in the Civil War. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Colle... More
Elida Rumsey Fowle, Civil War nurse and singer
Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by M.S. Hagaman, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018... More
U.S. Sanitary Commission convalescent camp relief station, Alexandria,...
Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing, July 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congr... More
Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War nurse at Hospital No. 8, Nashville, Ten...
Photograph shows portrait of identified nurse who was later a charter member of the Woman's Relief Corps. Notation on recto: "Soldier's friend" Notation on verso: "Miss Mary Jewett, Hospital No. 8, Nashville, ... More
Anna Maria Ross, Civil War nurse and Lady Principal at Cooper Shop Hos...
Tax stamp on verso. Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by M.S. Hagaman, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Deposit; T... More
Ann Burtis, Civil War nurse at U.S. General Hospital, Hampton, Virgini...
Photograph shows portrait of identified nurse who worked as matron and head nurse at 1st Division U.S. General Hospital, Hampton, Virginia. Notations on verso: "Matron 1st Division, U.S. General Hospital, Hamp... More
Sister Ann Alexis Shorb of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de ...
Photograph shows portrait of Catholic nun and nurse Sister Ann Alexis Shorb, also known as Henrietta "Harriet" Shorb. Notation on recto: "Hospital matron" Notation on verso: "Satterlee U.S.A. Genl. Hospl., Phi... More
Fredericksburg, Virginia Nurses and officers of the U.S. Sanitary Comm...
Woman seated in center with umbrella identified as volunteer nurse Abby Hopper Gibbons of New York City with her daughter Sarah Hopper Emerson Gibbons seated at left. Woman standing at the far left is Mrs. Gene... More
Alma S. Wolcott Bennett, U.S. Christian Commission nurse of Hospital N...
Notation on recto: "A.S.W. Bennett, Missionary U.S.C.C." Notations on verso: "Nashville, Tenn. Hospital No. 1. Sept. 15th, 1864" and "Mrs. Alma Bennett or Miss Wolcott of Beloit, Wis." Mrs. Bennett later marri... More
Miss D.L. Dix, Washington, D.C - A couple of women sitting next to eac...
Photograph shows Dorothea L. Dix, Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union Army, holding a book and sitting in a room with a medical bag on the floor. Notation on verso: "S.J. Prentiss." Deposit; Tom Liljen... More
Union nurse Clara Barton Claflin's Photographic Gallery, 229 Main Stre...
Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Jack Mord, Thanatos Archive, Duvall, Washington, January 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress)... More
Nancy Maria Hill, Civil War nurse at Armory Square Hospital, Washingto...
Photograph shows portrait of identified nurse, also known as Annie Hill, who later became a physician and founded an organization to support single mothers and their babies in Dubuque, Iowa. Notation on verso:... More
Martha Noble Brainerd, Civil War nurse with 27th Michigan Infantry Reg...
Notation on verso: "Martha Noble Brainerd, given at Pittsfield, 21st Mch 187[?] in memory of A.B.C. [drawn in sign language]. "Pleasant times," nothing to do & plenty to eat!! Tax stamp on verso. Deposit; Tom ... More
Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm, journalist, activist, and Civil War nurse ...
Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing, November 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of C... More
Jane Jennings, also known as Janet, nurse at tent hospitals in Washing...
Photograph shows identified nurse who served in the Civil War in Washington, D.C., and in the Spanish-American War in Cuba. Notation on verso: "Mrs. Wolcott." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased f... More
Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's ...
Notation on verso: "Louisa Alcott." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics, New Paltz, New York, June 2016. Forms part of: Li... More
Otelia Butler Mahone with her daughter, Otelia Rees & Minnis, Photogra...
Photograph shows portrait of Otelia Butler Mahone, Civil War nurse at hospitals in Richmond, Virginia, and wife of Confederate Major General William Mahone, with child, probably daughter Otelia. Date based on ... More