Ribbon
- Object Name:
- Ribbon
- Object ID:
- 2013.019.54
- Creator:
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1894
- Description:
- Ribbon badge, Society of the Army of the Potomac, 1894. Silver on blue silk. Silver rimmed round medallion attached to bottom of ribbon. Army of the Potomac insignia, center of medallion; twelve pointed, six sided cross with the six army corp badges in each red with gold outlined panel; six point star over "AP" and crescent at bottom in six pointed ornament, in center of cross. "WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO, NEWARK, N.J." in black at bottom of medallion. "SOCIETY / OF THE / ARMY / OF THE / POTOMAC / CONCORD, N. H. / June 21-22, 1894." "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. NEWARK, N.J." at top of ribbon. Gold colored pressed metal bar with pin attached to back; "GUEST. / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. NEWARK , N.J." on obverse, "THE / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO." stamped on reverse. Reverse: "PAT. OCT.18-1892-MAR.7-1893." "WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / BADGES / NEWARK / N.J. / PAT. APL. FOR" stamped on medallion. Worn by Civil War nurse Harriet P. Dame (1815-1900) of Concord, NH.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Celluloid
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- H-6.5 W-2.4 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)
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