Ribbon
- Object Name:
- Ribbon
- Object ID:
- 2013.019.19
- Creator:
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1896
- Description:
- Ribbon badge, New Hampshire Veterans Association reunion, 1896. Silver printing on gold silk. U.S. flag with gold colored buillon wrapped in center, at top. Gold rimmed medallion with portrait of Charles W. Pickering in center. "CHAS. W. PICKERING" in black on medallion. "Twentieth Encampment / N.H. / VEVTERANS' / ASSOCIATION / CAMP / C.W. PICKERING / THE WEIRS, AUG. 25-28, 1896. / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE." Silk fringe along bottom edge. "WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, NEW JERSEY" embossed along top edge that would fold over for bar pin. "The Whitehead & Hoag Co. / Ribbon, Novelties, Celluloid / [?] / Lapel Badges / Buttons, Banners, Newark, N.J. / BADGE BAR, PAT'D OCT18th 1892 MARCH 7TH 1893 / WAVING FLAG, JUNE 14TH 1892, / MEDALLION PATENTED JUNE 12TH 1894-1896. / RIMLESS MEDALLION 1896. / MEDALLION MARCH 5TH 1895 JUNE 12TH 1894 / DESIGNS NOV. 27TH 1894 DEC. 4TH 1894. DEC 11TH 1894" printed on white sticker, bottom obverse side. Worn by Civil War nurse Harriet P. Dame (1815-1900) of Concord, NH.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Celluloid
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- H-6.8 W-2.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Shortly after the 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers left to fight in the Civil War, Harriet P. Dame (1815-1900) of Concord joined the regiment as a nurse on April 1, 1861. Born in Barnstead to James C. and Phebe (Ayer) Dame, Harriet was at the Battle of Bull Run and cared for the wounded at the Emmett House. She stayed with the soldiers from the 2nd NH Regiment throughout the war, mostly in the field, and was captured by the Confederates twice. Harriet was at the Battle of Gettysburg and took care of the wounded soldiers until the last one was brought to the General Hospital. She remained with the 2nd NH Regiment until the last soldier mustered out on Christmas Day 1865. In 1867 she accepted a job at the Treasury Department in Washington and lived there until 1899. She became a fixture at annual soldiers' reunions until she died on April 24, 1900, at Concord.
This collection was purchased from the wife of a descendant of the nephew of Harriet Dame. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.