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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00547 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln to William A. Hammond asking him to address grievances of a nurse at Fort Monroe, Virginia |
| Date | 4 June 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | Hammond, W.A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Asks United States Surgeon General William A. Hammond to address grievances of Mrs. Bradley, a nurse at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Written on recto is a letter by S. H. Sweetland to General John Ellis Wool, with note by Lieutenant Colonel D. Whipple, Chief of Staff at Ft. Monroe, dated 30 May 1862. Mrs. Bradley is possibly the Amy C. Bradley described in "Women's Work in the Civil War" (Philadelphia, 1867). Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln, (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862, p. 259 |
| Subjects | Civil War President Women's History Health and Medical Military History Union Forces US Sanitary Commission |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Notes: Not in Basler. Mrs. Bradley likely is Miss Amy M. Bradley, a Maine native who worked at Fortress Monroe from early May 1862 with the U.S. Sanitary Commission. See L. P. Brockett and Mary C. Vaughan, Woman's Work in the Civil War (Philadelphia 1867) (GLC 267.232) p. 212-224, esp. p. 218-20. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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