Maria M. C. Hall (July 1, 1836 – July 20, 1912) was an American Civil War nurse.
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| Born | July 1, 1836  Washington, D.C. |
| Died | July 20, 1912 (aged 76) West Hartford |
| Occupation | Nurse |
Early life and education
editMaria M. C. Hall was born on July 1, 1836 in Washington, D.C., the daughter of lawyer David Aiken Hall and his second wife, Martha Maria Condict, daughter of US Representative Lewis Condict.[1][2] She was educated at Miss Draper's Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut.[3]
American Civil War
editAt the start of the American Civil War, the twenty-five year old Hall attempted to volunteer as a military nurse. She was rejected, as Superintendent of Army Nurses Dorothea Dix favored older, unattractive women, who she believed would be less vulnerable and better prepared for the arduous work. Hall then appealed to Almira Fales of the United States Sanitary Commission, who allowed Hall to work at the Indiana Hospital in the US Patent Office building from July 1861 to July 1862.[4][5][6] In February 1862, she was dispatched to the White House to care for Tad Lincoln, who was sick with the same typhoid fever that killed his brother Willie Lincoln, but was soon replaced by Rebecca Pomeroy.[7]
In the summer of 1862, she joined the hospital ship Daniel Webster no. 2, where she worked alongside nurse Eliza Harris during the Peninsular Campaign. After the Battle of Antietam in September, she attended to the wounded at Smoketown Hospital, a field hospital. Because of her work there, she was recruited by Dr. Bernard A. Vanderkieft to work at the hospital of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in May 1863. A year later she was promoted to Nurse Superintendent of the hospital and worked there for another year until the closure of the hospital in the summer of 1865.[4][5][6][8][9]
Post-war life
editIn 1872, she married Lucas Richards, president of a paper company, Delaney & Munson Manufacturing Company of Unionville, Connecticut.[10] They had two children. Maria M. C. Hall died on 20 July 1912 in West Hartford, Connecticut.[3]
References
edit- ^ Condit, Jotham Halsey (1885). Genealogical record of the Condit family. University of Wisconsin - Madison. Newark, N.J., Ward & Tichenor. p. 209.
- ^ Zevely, Douglass (1902). "Old Houses on C Street and Those Who Lived There". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 5: 151–175. ISSN 0897-9049. JSTOR 40066800.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Maria M. C. Richards". Hartford Courant. 22 Jul 1912. p. 2.
- ^ a b Tucker, Spencer C. (2013-09-30). American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [6 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 836. ISBN 978-1-85109-682-4.
- ^ a b Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont); Vaughan, Mary C. (1867). Heroines of the Rebellion, or Woman's work in the Civil War : a record of heroism, patriotism and patience. Kelly - University of Toronto. [s. 1.] : Edgewood, [s.n.]
- ^ a b Moore, Frank (1867). Women of the War: Their Heroism and Self-sacrifice.
- ^ Burlingame, Michael (2021). An American marriage : the untold story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd (1st ed.). New York. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-64313-735-3. OCLC 1255183996.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Schultz, Jane E. (2010-12-03). This Birth Place of Souls: The Civil War Nursing Diary of Harriet Eaton. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-994263-3.
- ^ Giesberg, Judith Ann (2006). Civil War Sisterhood: The U.S. Sanitary Commission and Women's Politics in Transition. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-55553-658-9.
- ^ Yale University. Sheffield Scientific School. Class of 1895; Parsons, William Usher (1912). Quindecennial record of the class of 1895 Sheffield scientific school of Yale University. University of California Libraries. [New Haven] The Class Secretaries Bureau through the Yale University Press. p. 106.
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