Wiswall, Harriet (Hattie), 1833-1880.
Biographical notes:
Wiswall, of Princeton, Illinois, became a nurse in the Union army hospital at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri on May 1, 1863. In November 1863 she began work as a matron at the Vicksburg, Mississippi, Soldiers Home, a rest and feeding facility for soldiers in transit, both healthy and ailing, where she spent the rest of the war supervising and doing cooking, cleaning, and nursing.
From the description of Letters, November 14, 1863-March 29, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 156877847
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Subjects:
- Fugitive slaves
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Places:
- Davis Bend (Miss.) (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
