Ribbon

Object Name:

Ribbon

Object ID:

2013.019.23

Date:

1901

Description:

Ribbon badge, New Hampshire Veterans Association reunion, 1901. Gold silk. Black print on plastic diamond. Diamond is attached with tape and pin. Silver-colored pressed metal bar at top, with pin on back. Silk fringe along bottom edge. Red, white, and blue silk bow below metal bar. Portrait of Harriet P. Dame in center of plastic diamond. "25th / ANNUAL / ENCAMPMENT / N. H. Veterans' Ass'n / CAMP HARRIET P. DAME / The Weirs / AUGUST 27-30 / 1901". Worn by Civil War nurse Harriet P. Dame (1815-1900) of Concord, NH.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Aluminum
Plastic

Dimensions:

H-5.9 W-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

People:

Dame, Harriet P. (1815-1900)

Subjects:

Civil War, Nurses, Nursing, Veterans, Veterans' organizations, Reunions