Elizabeth Hyatt
Elizabeth Ann Hyatt | |
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 Hyatt, from an 1897 publication | |
| Occupation | Driver of a horse-drawn ambulance |
| Known for | Nurse during the American Civil War |
| Spouse | Asa W. Hyatt |
Elizabeth Ann Hyatt was a Union nurse and ambulance driver during the American Civil War.
Civil War service
Hyatt's service in the war began when her husband enlisted in 1861. He enlisted in the 4th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteers, and Hyatt found much work to do in the camp before the regiment left for battle.Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
Hyatt served mostly in the
Ship Island, Mississippi, Hyatt went with them.[1] There she was deputized to drive a horse-drawn ambulance.[2][3][4]
Hyatt served Ward 11 until December 1862. During this time, there was only one death under her care.[1]
Personal life
Elizabeth A. Hyatt was married to Asa W. Hyatt. She was a widow living in Michigan in 1900, when an increase in her war pension was approved by an Act of Congress.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Holland, Mary Gardner (1897). Our Army Nurses : Interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65. Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. Boston : Lounsbery, Nichols & Worth. pp. 446-451 – via Internet Archive.
- ISBN 9780700614370.
- ISBN 9780807864159.
- ISSN 0361-2333.
- ^ Congress, United States (1900). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 3245.