BIBFRAME Instance

Title

[Army Nurses of the Civil War, 1861-1865 ribbon for Sarah Bishop of Union Hotel and Academy hospitals, Winchester, Virginia, and an Army hospital at Strasbourg, Virginia]

Identified by

Lccn: 2023638942

Note

  • Text of newspaper clipping: "She received no pay while serving as nurse, and no compensation therefor since. In March, 1862, she reported as nurse to Miss Dorothy Dix at Washington, and was assigned to duty at the Union Hotel hospital at Winchester, Va., where she remained until she was transferred to the Academy hospital in the same place, where she remained until transferred to the hospital at Strasburgh, Va. She remained here until the Union Army retreated to Winchester, Va., and she was sent back to the Academy hospital at that place. On the defeat of the Union forces at that place she was taken prisoner and released on her paraole, but she remained in the hospital at this place taking care of wounded and sick soldiers of both armies. Here she remained until the Union Army retook possession of Winchester, and until the hospitals were re-...."
  • Tintype portrait of Bishop processed as AMB/TIN no. 3768, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2024634711/.
  • Ribbon possibly associated with the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War.
  • Title devised by Library staff.
  • More information about this collection is available at

Dimensions

sheet 3 x 6 cm

Extent

1 item

Provision Activity

Publication Statement

[ca. 1900?]

Media

Issuance

Carrier

Acquisition source

DLC

Base material

Custodial history

  • Purchased from: Excelsior Brigade, Alexandria, Virginia, March 2023.
  • From: The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing.

Has item

http://id.loc.gov/resources/items/23303173

Usage and access policy

  • No known restrictions on publication.
  • Use digital images. Original served only by appointment because material requires special handling. For more information see: (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html)

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-30T17:48:46.024400+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23303173

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-30
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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