Civil War Army nurse Caroline Burghardt and her gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery. (Department of Defense) A 2024 DoD News article from writer Katie Lange told the story of 23 female nurses ...

The Civil War changed the social, economic, and political landscape for women from every walk of American life—perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of nursing. Before the war, most nurses ...

"So Much Need of Service" --The Diary of a Civil War Nurse is on view until July 29th, 2011 in the Albert H. Small Documents Gallery on the second floor of the National Museum of American History.

Nancy Haas of the Avon Lake Historical Society spent over 40 years working as a nurse in hospitals around northern Ohio.Now, Haas is helping to spread the word of some of her earliest professional ...

Forgotten Civil War Memorial found in Alton apartment building ...

F ORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In honor of Women’s History Month, local historical society chapters paid tribute to Civil War nurse and Fort Wayne native Helena Wolff at Lindenwood Cemetery on ...

Tea with Sarah Sampson, a reenactment of an historic interview with Bath’s legendary Civil War nurse, will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Winter Street Center, 880 Washington St ...

The 1918 article in Santa Barbara’s Morning Press described her as “a veteran nurse of the Civil War who followed the Union armies through the thickest battles.” As a firsthand witness to the ...

Civil War nurse and Fort wayne native Helena Wolff Many speakers dressed in soldiers’ uniforms. Fort Wayne 5th District City Councilman Geoff Paddock reading the proclamation.