Maine Women Active in the American Civil War

List prepared by Lynda L. Sudlow              2/8/2001
 

Name                                                         Dates(birth & death)         Maine link                         Service
*Aberl Mrs. S.W.    Portland? Fort Preble, S. Portland
Adams Zylpha 1835 - 5/21/1928 Skowhegan  Gettysburg
Akers-Allen Elizabeth 10/9/1832 -8/7/1911 Portland Journalist/Poet
Atwood-Gross Nancy M. 1834   -  9/11/1904 Bangor/Bucksport 6th Me / Seminary Hospital
Babb-Hutchins Hannah 1808   – 7/20/1897 Pownal/Freeport Harewood Hospital
*Barnum Mrs. Wheeler
Bent-Cooper Elizabeth Ann    Newfield Hygeia Hospital, Fort Monroe
Bradley Amy Morris 9/12/1823 – 1/15/1904 N. Vassalborough  SanitaryCommission
Brown Mary A 6/30/1840 – 3/15/1936 Kent’s Hill/Brownfield  31stMe
Carson Mary Hunt 10/18/1832 - ? Gorham Gettysburg
Chamberlain-Perkins Mary E  5/5/1839 –  11/18/1893  Brewer San.Com & various hospitals
*Chapman Miss G.D.   Exeter? Teacher of freedmen
Crowell Permelia 1820 - ? Bangor 2nd Me
Dana Emily 7/24/1840 – 1/27/1929 Portland/Falmouth Naval SchoolHospital in Annapolis
*Davis Jenny   Wellington? Gettysburg
*Davis Lydia    Augusta? Cony General Hospital in Augusta
Dix Dorothea L.   4/4/1802  -  7/17/1887.  Hambden Supt. ArmyNurses Washington
Dupee Mary E  Portland Maine Camp Hospital Association
Eaton Harriet 8/6/1818  -  6/10/1885 Portland MCHA
Fogg Isabella 1823     -  12/23/1873 Calais MCHA
Forbes-Tolman Ellen 9/1/1837 -  12/4/1908 Norridgewock Hospitalsaround Washington
Foster Augusta 1838  - 11/19/1901 Augusta 5th Me/ WashingtonSt. Hosp.in Annapolis
Foster Sarah Jane 10/12/1839- 6/25/1868 Gray Teacher of freedmen
Fox Harriet 1824? – 4/17/1901 Portland MCHA
Germaine Mary   Rockland Rockland/ Gettysburg
Goddard-Rutherford Abba A 7/20/1819 - 11/26/1873 Portland Me 10th& Harper’s Ferry
*Grafton Jennie    4th Me
*Graves Miss    3rd Me
Gray Lydia Bacon 2/22/1813 – 4/9/1901 N. Yarmouth Naval SchoolHospital
*Hall Mrs. George W.   Vassalborough Wrkd with Sarah Sampsonaround D.C.
*Holt Jane       ?    -  2/23/1913   Columbian College Hospital
Howe Caroline Dana 8/21/1824 – 10/30/1907 Portland  Poet
Ingersoll Henrietta Crosby 11/27/1814-9/17/1893 Bangor Armory SquareHospital
Jackson-Parmenter Addie 6/3/1830 – 7/10/1927 Old Orchard 1st NH
Jackson Abba E. McLellan 7/6/1820 – 3/12/1892  Gorham Armory SquareHospital
Johnson Mary Jane  16th Me (as a soldier)?
Judkins-Starbird Hannah E. 8/1832  -  2/15/1922 Skowhegan Carver & St. Johns Hospitals
Kilbourne Hannah  1812  -  1880 Portland Soldiers’ Homein Portland
Kilbourne Mary Ann 1815  -  1890 Portland Soldier’s Homein Portland
Kimball Amanda 11/30/1820- 2/14/1865 Rumford Naval School Hospital
Kneeland-Lynch Mary 1/1/1829  -  1/11/1920 Dixfield  Tennessee
*Lawrence Sarah Warren     ?    - 1/15/1922 Bangor/Brewer 1st Me Hvy/Washington hospitals
Leeman Eliza Ann 9/3/1812 – 10/5/1895 Augusta  Cony Hospital,Augusta
Lovejoy-Cotton Mary 2/28/1840 – 10/10/1908  Auburn  Hospital in Washington?
Low Sarah  2/2/1830  - 12/14/1913 S. Berwick Union Hotel Hosp.& Armory Square
Mayhew Ruth  4/19/1822 – 6/23/1874 Rockland  MCHA
*McDonald Mrs .   Corinth? Armory Square? Seminary?
McKay Charlotte Elizabeth 8/2/1818   -  4/10/1894 Waterford/Cherryfield  3rd Corps nurse/ teacher of freedmen
McLellan-Himes Emeline 1842  -  8/10/1922 Brunswick St.Elizabeth’s Hospital
McLellan Martha 8/13/1822-9/7/1867 Gorham Armory Square Hospital
Merrill Eunice E. 1824  -  4/2/1880 Stroudwater NavalSchool Hospital
Merrill-Shepley Helen 8/15/1839 – 6/13/1915 Portland Armory SquareHospital
Milliken-Sprague Sarah 8/3/1828 – 10/1917 Baldwin Judiciary SquareHospital
Newhall Susan   9/1813  -  4/14/1895 Portland Chester(PA) Hosp./ Naval School Hosp.
*Packard Orissa A. 12/2/1837  -   ? Rockland 4thMe
Palmer Sarah Elizabeth 1832  -  1/19/1894  Dover CarverHospital
*Pearson Mary G. 1836    -   ?   NavalSchool Hospital
Phelps Mary Whitney 1/8/1812 – 1/25/1878 Portland Springfield inMissouri
Pinkham Harriet 1/2/1824  -  12/7/1914 Boothbay St. John’sCollege Hospital in Annapolis
Plummer Judith 1828?   -  5/18/1896 Levant/ ReedPlantation Various hospitals & Gettysburg
Plummer-Dyson Susan 1840?  -   1875?  Levant, ReedPlantation  Various hospitals & Gettysburg
Pollister Arbella  11/1/1846 –12/22/1932 Belfast/Portland Telegrapher
Porter Sarah L. 11/1826   -   3/3/1907 Bangor Naval School Hospital
Prentiss Sarah Jane 11/29/1823-10/21/1877 Paris  Various hospitals
Quinby Almira 1828?  -  10/11/1909  Stroudwater Chester(PA) Hosp./ Naval School Hosp.
*Rea Dorcas   Portland Ladies Committee
Ropes Hannah 6/13/1809 – 1/20/1863 New Gloucester Union Hotel Hospital
Rose Emeline 1/1/1817  –   6/1/1880 Canton/Leeds/Dixfield Gayosa Hospital in Memphis
Sampson Sarah Smith 1830?  -  12/22/1907 Bath  Maine StateAgency
Scamman Harriet 9/29/1824 – 3/27/1897 Saco Armory Square Hospital
*Sherburn Jane A.    Cony Gen. Hospital in Augusta
Smiley-Babcock Susan 1813?  -  ? N. Vassalborough GeorgetownHospital
Smith Sarah Perry 1836?   - 2/16/1914 Norridgewock/Auburn 8th Maine
*Smyth Adaline A. Lewiston Gettysburg/ Judiciary Square Hospital
*Snow Hediah   Portland Columbian College Hospital
Souder Emily Bliss 1814   -  12/22/1886 Kennebunk Gettysburg
*Southgate Helen   Portland?  Seminary Hospital
Spaulding Lydia 4/1804  -  1/23/1882  Springfield  City Point
Stowe Harriet Beecher  6/14/1811 – 7/1/1896 Brunswick Author 
Thurston Jane P . 8/5/1814 – 3/3/1899 Portland Author & peaceactivist
Tincker Mary Agnes 7/18/1831 –11/27/1907 Ellsworth Judiciary SquareHospital
*Titcomb Emma    Cony General Hospital
Titcomb Louisa 12/20/1823-7/15/1905 Stroudwater Chester (PA) Hosp./Naval School Hosp.
*Towle Susan 3/4/1830 -   ? Bangor Armory Square Hospital
Tucker Sarah W. 1822?   -   ? Saco ChesterHosp./Armory Square Hosp.
Usher Rebecca   8/31/1821 – 6/2/1912 Bar Mills/Hollis ChesterHosp./MCHA
Usher-Bacon Ellen  10/20/1817- 1902 Bar Mills/Hollis MCHA
Usher-Osgood Martha 5/1/1823 -  1893 Bar Mills/Hollis Buxton-HollisSoldiers’ Aid Society
Usher-Webb Jane 10/12/1836-7/11/1920  Bar Mills/Hollis Sang to raisemoney for soldiers
*VanHorne S.L.  Portland Armory Square Hospital?
*Varnum Elizabeth Widgery 5/24/1836 – 12/11/1917 Portland Teacherof freedmen
Walker Adeline 1830   -   4/28/1865 Portland Naval School Hospital
Warren Harriet N. 9/21/1830 – 1/24/1898 Brunswick/Saco  5th Maine
Watson-Bowler Amanda 1828   - 10/1894 Fayette CrittendonHospital in St. Louis
*Watson Mrs. L.  Farmington Wrkd w/Sarah Sampson
*Whitman Angelina  Portland? nurse
Wright Harriet J. 4/10/1825 – 3/21/1915 Saco Armory Square Hospital
Young Mehitable Jane 6/30/1836 – 10/12/1925 Greenville Hospitalsin Washington

 
 

This list is compiled from numerous sources and much more information can be found in my book:
A Vast Army of Women: Maine’s Uncounted Forces in the American Civil War (Thomas Publications, 2000). Starred names are ones that were just mentioned and I could find no further information about these individuals. If you have more information or can locate more information about these women, please let me know and I will try to disseminate the information to others who may be interested.

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