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Image
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Date created
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1863-03-20
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Creator
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Stearns, John, 1827-1898
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Description
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Written from the Hammond General Hospital, where Gibbons had worked as a nurse during the Civil War. Discusses recent events at the hospital, including the poor conduct of an officer [?] named Brown and the soldiers' treatment of the Contraband (a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines).
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Size
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4 pages
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Type
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Text
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Subjects
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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Fugitive slaves
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Contraband of war
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African Americans--Crimes against
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Hammond General Hospital (Point Lookout, Md.)
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Geographical location
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Point Lookout (Md.)
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Language
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English
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View full item
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https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/sc188318 |
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Local identifier
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A00181593
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Collection
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Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, SFHL-RG5-174
(explore contents)
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Contributing institution
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Rights
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Please cite appropriately, crediting Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, SFHL-RG5-174, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College as the source and indicating the identifier of the item, A00181593. This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/.
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