Mary Perkins (May 5, 1839 – November 18, 1893) was a Union nurse during the American Civil War.

Mary Perkins
Born(1839-05-05)May 5, 1839
Brewer, Maine
DiedNovember 18, 1893(1893-11-18) (aged 54)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationNurse

Early life

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Perkins was born on May 5, 1839, in Brewer, Maine. She later moved to Enfield, Maine until the outbreak of the Civil War.[1]

Civil War service

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Perkins enlisted in 1861 as a nurse for the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry.[1][2] Shortly after, she accompanied the regiment to Washington, D.C., where she served at Brigade Hospital.[1] In March 1862, the regiment moved, and Perkins then served at Hygeia Hospital.[3][2] At this hospital, Perkins worked with Dorothea Dix throughout McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.[3]

Perkins left the service when her brother was injured in the war.[3][2]

After the war

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Perkins married Andrew Perkins in April 1850. She died on November 18, 1893.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Holland, Mary G. (1998). Our Army Nurses. Roseville: Edinborough Press. p. 203. ISBN 9781889020044.
  2. ^ a b c Hall, Richard (2006). Women of the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 230. ISBN 9780700614370.
  3. ^ a b c d Holland, Mary G. (1998). Our Army Nurses. Roseville: Edinborough Press. p. 204. ISBN 9781889020044.