Mary Perkins (nurse)

Mary Perkins
Born	(1839-05-05)May 5, 1839 Brewer, Maine
Died	November 18, 1893(1893-11-18) (aged 54)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Nurse

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

Early life

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

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

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

References

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