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Harriet Douglas Whetten
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Harriet Douglas Whetten (b.1822). Whetten was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. She served on hospital ships out of New York and Philadelphia from 1862 to 1865, and later as nurses' superintendent at the Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C.
1860
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Harriet Rhoads
1862
Quarter-length portrait of Harriet Rhoads at the time of her marriage to Lieutenant D.G. Hudson of Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois (1862).
A volunteer nurse in the Civil War: The diary of Harriet Douglas Whetten, 1965, 1965
1965
These diary entries of Civil War nurse, Harriet Douglas Whetten (born circa 1822), offer insight into the experience of a woman working with the Civil War's wounded. The diary entries date from the...
A volunteer nurse in the Civil War: The letters of Harriet Douglas Whetten, 1964-1965
March 1918
Harriet Douglas Whetten (born circa 1822), a native of New York, served on a hospital ship conveying injured Union troops from Virginia to New York. The 12 long letters printed here date from 1862 ...
Unidentified Civil War Soldier
Three-quarter length seated portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier.
Cooks in a Civil War Army Camp
1865
Two men cook at griddles while another leans on an open door to one of many tents at a Civil War army camp.
Unidentified Civil War Soldier
Oval framed, waist-up portrait of an unidentified Union soldier.
