Charlotte Bradford
Charlotte Bradford | |
|---|---|
 Charlotte Bradford, 1862 | |
| Born | June 20, 1813 |
| Died | 1893 Duxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | United States Sanitary Commission Nurse 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
Antebellum life
The Civil War
Bradford departed Boston, Massachusetts in May 1862 to become a nurse on board one of the hospital ships operated by the U.S. Sanitary Commission(USSC).[1] The USSC's Hospital Transport Service was organized in April 1862 and maintained until the end of the Peninsula Campaign in August 1862.[2]
Postwar life
Notes
References
- Ravenscroft, Carolyn (May 15, 2012). "The Odyssey Begins: Charlotte Bradford and the USSC Transport Ships". Duxbury Rural and Historical Society. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- Stille, Charles J. (1868). History of the United States Sanitary Commission. New York: Hurd and Houghton. OCLC 655604471.