Ribbon

Object Name:

Ribbon

Object ID:

2013.019.55

Creator:

M. W. Overton & Company

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1887

Description:

Ribbon badge, Maine Veterans Association, 1894. Gold on gold silk. "RECEPTION OF / MAINE VETERANS, / AT / HAVERHILL, MASS. / Sept, 29, & 30. / 1887". Maine state seal at top; shield in center with moose in front of pine tree, farmer to left of shield, sailor to right of shield, "DIRIGO" in banner at top below North Star, "MAINE" in banner at bottom. Seal of Haverhill, MA at bottom; "HAVERHILL / SETTLED 1640 INSTITUTED A CITY 1870" in border of seal, "PENTUCKET" in banner at top, crown atop shield with a shoe, arm holding hammer, and boot atop a sun rising between two hills with factories and two wigwams in foreground, oak and laurel wreath below shield. Gold colored pressed metal bar with rectangular name plate on front and pin attached to back. Gold colored bullion fringe attached along bottom edge. Reverse: "-FROM- / M. W. OVERTON & CO. / REGALIA MAKERS / 465 WASHINGTON ST. / BOSTON." printed on stamp with red border, at top of ribbon. Worn by Civil War nurse Harriet P. Dame (1815-1900) of Concord, NH.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Aluminum

Dimensions:

H-8 W-2.9 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