Title	Mary J. Hill Correspondence
Date	1865
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Military nursing--United States--History
Era	Civil War (1861-1865)
Service branch	Other--Nurse
Item description	Manuscript collection. Not digitized.
Veteran's name	Hill, Mary J.
Veteran's biography	Mary J. Hill, was a Union nurse who worked at the Fairfax Seminary Hospital in 1865, during the American Civil War. She married Willis R. Hill, who served as a Sergeant in the Union Army, and had two daughters, (Mary) Josephine Hill and Ella (Ellen) A. Hill. While their parents were away serving their nation, Ella and Josephine were sent to live with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen in Clarkston, Michigan.
Type	Collection
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0422 Mary J. Hill Correspondence, 1865
Collection summary	This collection contains eight letters written by Hill and one by her husband Sgt. Willis Hill to their daughters Ella and Josephine. The letters contain information about the life of a Civil War nurse, the feelings of loneliness and sorry at being seperated from her family, and the soliders and staff she knew at the hospital.
Finding aid link	http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=682
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Object ID	WV0422.0.000
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/

Mary J. Hill Correspondence

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