Fish, Mother

Edmund Fish's mother lived in Partridge Island, New York. Her name is unknown. Edmund Fish was a Union soldier during the Civil War; in August of 1862 he was in Bellevue Hospital, New York University Medical College in New York City. The faculty members of the NYU Medical College played a leading role in treating soldiers wounded during the Civil War.

From the guide to the Letters from Mother to Edmund Fish MSS. 1941., 1862, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama)