Collection Name: Sarah Low Papers, 1844-1965
Title: Journal, 1862 August-September
Creator: Low, Sarah, 1830-1913
Creator Role: Author
Accession / Call Number: 1965.010
Object ID: 1965.010.011
Date: 1862/08-1862/09
Type of Material: textual record
Physical Description: 1 journal
Language: English
Scope and Content: Diary and letterbook of Sarah Low with entries from August to September 1862. The journal describes the request of Miss Stevenson for Low to come help at the hospital in Washington, DC, before providing copies of letters from Low to her Aunt Lydia. The letters detail her travels to Washington, including with fellow travelers of the Massachusetts 6th Regiment, as well as her time in the Union Hotel Hospital. This includes information on her patients, their health, their treatment, as well as interactions with other nurses and doctors, such as friction with Dorothea Dix on Low's arrival to assist. She does not include the names of soldiers, referring to them by nicknames or by their regiment, but does note amputations and deaths. Low also provides updates on happenings in Washington and on Nathaniel Low.
Subjects:
Diaries,
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865,
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals,
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care,
Travel,
Correspondence,
Nurses,
Soldiers
Locations: Washington, DC
People:
Low, Sarah, 1830-1913,
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887,
Low, Nathaniel, Jr., 1838-1890,
Stevenson, Harriet E.
Organizations:
Union Hotel Hospital,
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1864),
United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 11th (1862-1865),
United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865)
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Credit Line: The Sarah Low Papers were made available to the public through Miss Elizabeth Frost and Mrs. Winifred Stonemetz.
Restrictions: Available for research.
Level Description: Item