Charlotte Bradford
Charlotte Bradford | |
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U.S. Army Medical Department Nurse | |
| Parent(s) | Gershom Bradford Sarah Hickling |
Charlotte Bradford (June 20, 1813 – 1893) was a nurse during the American Civil War and served as the matron of the U.S. Sanitary Commission's Soldier's Home and Home for Wives and Mothers in Washington, DC.
Family
Charlotte Bradford was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts to Capt. Gershom Bradford and Sarah (Sally) Hickling Bradford. The home in which she was raised, The Bradford House, is today a house museum operated by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society. It is located at 931 Tremont Street, Duxbury, MA.
The Civil War
Bradford departed
Peninsula Campaign in August 1862.[2]
Notes
- ^ Ravenscroft, "Odyssey Begins".
- ^ Stille (1868), p. 475.
References
- Ravenscroft, Carolyn (May 15, 2012). "The Odyssey Begins: Charlotte Bradford and the USSC Transport Ships". Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.
- Ravenscroft, Carolyn (September 17, 2012). "Charlotte Bradford, Part Two: The Odyssey Continues". Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.
- Ravenscroft, Carolyn (May 13, 2013). "Charlotte Bradford, Part Three: Matron of the Home for Soldiers". Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.
- Stille, Charles J. (1868). History of the United States Sanitary Commission. New York: Hurd and Houghton. OCLC 655604471.