Ribbon, Commemorative

Object Name:

Ribbon, Commemorative

Object ID:

2013.019.66

Date:

2001

Description:

Ribbon, commemorative, New Hampshire Veterans Association, 2001. Blue print on white and red silk. Two red and one white vertical silk ribbons attached to white and red layered round pieces of silk. Round black and white portrait of Harriet Dame with gold-colored metal trim centered on red piece of round silk "CAMP / HARRIET P DAME / [row of 5 five-pointed stars] / ARMY NURSE / 126TH / ANNIVERSARY / NEW HAMPSHIRE / VETERANS / ASSOCIATION / AND / 57TH / ANNIVERSARY / AUXILIARY / THE WEIRS / AUGUST 11, 2001" on white silk. Reverse: Gold-colored hook and pin attached with round cardboard backing. "CONGRATULATION / HODGES BADGE / COMPANY, INC. / HODGES BADGE CO., INC. PORTSMOUTH, RI WASHINGTON, MO"

Material:

Textile
Silk

Dimensions:

H-13 W-4.5 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:

Ribbon badges, Nurses, Nursing, Veterans, Veterans' organizations, Civil War