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Society acquires items belonging to Civil War nurse Sarah Low of Dover
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The New Hampshire Historical Society is proud to announce the acquisition of a unique group of materials related to New Hampshire Civil War nurse Sarah Low (1830-1913).
Sarah Low was a well-known Civil War nurse who worked caring for wounded and ill Union soldiers in Washington, DC for 2-1/2 years.
She was born in South Berwick, Maine, to Dr. Nathaniel Low and Mary Ann Hale. The Low family moved to Dover, New Hampshire, in 1833, where Sarah Low undoubtedly learned a great deal about the treatment of the sick from her physician father. Much of her life was spent taking care of friends and family members. Like many patriotic women at the outbreak of the Civil War, Low felt she could best help the Union cause by tending to soldiers wounded in battle.
In September 1862 she traveled south to Washington, DC, where she served as a nurse at the Union Hotel and Armory Square Hospital under the supervision of Dorothea Dix.
These items belonging to Sarah Low while she was a nurse during the Civil War will enhance the collection of letters she wrote to her family at the same time, which were donated to the Society in 1965. These images of nurses, hospitals, and African Americans are unusual, especially since they are still in their original album and are in excellent condition.
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Society loans drum to Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site for its exhibition,
Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
 The Society has loaned this drum to the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish for an exhibition about Robert Gould Shaw and the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Shaw was a Colonel for the Union Army in the Civil War, and he and the regiment were the subject of one of Augustus Saint-Gaudens most famous sculptures.
The drum, similar to those which might have been used by the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, was made by David C. Hall (1822-1900), Boston, Mass., in 1863. It's made from nickel-plated brass, birch, vellum, leather, and rope. To learn more about this drum, visit the Society's museum catalog.
Learn more about the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial exhibition at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.
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Civil War cruise attracts Society members
(From left to right) Jourdan and Fraser Houston, Society Director of Development Anne Hamilton, Jill and Bob Wilson, Susanne Currie, John Swope, and Glenn Currie on the deck of the Yorktown.
From May 25 through June 4, 2013, members of the New Hampshire Historical Society joined with others interested in the American Civil War to cruise the Intracoastal Waterway between Richmond and Savannah. The vessel visited cities, battlegrounds and historic sites significant to the Civil War.
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Save the dates:
September 12, 2013: Reception for retiring Librarian Bill Copeley at the library
After nearly 40 years working in the Society's library, Librarian Bill Copeley will retire at the end of September 2013. Society members and colleagues are invited to attend a retirement reception for Bill on Thursday, September 12, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the Society's library, 30 Park Street, Concord. To RSVP, call 856-0621 or email wolcott@nhhistory.org.
September 24, 2013: New Hampshire Furniture Masters exhibition opens
The New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association presents its annual exhibition, on view from Tuesday, September 24, through Saturday, October 19, 2013.
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