Approved Pension File for Harriet P. Dame (Nurse), 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment (SC-279717)
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Dame, Harriet Patience, 1815-1900
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Dame was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire (or North Barnstead) to James Chadbourne and Phebe Ayers on January 5, 1815. Dame was the youngest of five children. In 1843, Dame moved to Concord, New Hampshire where she lived until the outbreak of the Civil War, and worked at various occupations. By 1861, she ran a student boarding house. She had no formal training as a nurse. When war came, Dame, aged 46, approached the recruit training station at Camp Union in Concord and offered her services to...
