160 years ago. on 12 April 1861, the United States Civil war began, which marked the beginning of four years of the bloodiest battles and most casualties in the United States' military history. All told, 620,000 Americans died in the conflict, which ended 9 May 1865, with more than half of those dying off the battlefield from disease or festering wounds.
This was also the beginning of the women's nurse profession in the United States. Introduced in Civil War Nurses, we started a free space page project . Using research resources, we: Identify Nurses: Table I and create WikiTree Profiles: Table II, for the ultimate goal of memorializing these caring and courageous women and a few men - we don't discriminate!
We welcome all talents to collaborate with us. Would you like to help?
Please ANSWER this post with your interests.
Please see the project page for more information.
Interesting Project you have started. I did a quick search on Irish Diaspora Nurses and came up with Hospital Nuns: From the Civil War to Today They had Six hundred nuns from twelve religious communities that served as U.S. Army nurses during the Civil War. I'll try to find some sources/ lists of names.
