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Maria Abbey

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{{Orphan|date=May 2017}}Maria Abbey was a nurse during the American Civil War. In Mary G. Holland's collection of letters from Civil War nurses, titled, Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War, Abbey recounts her experience as a wartime nurse.^[1] She was called to the service after hearing Reverend H. W. Beecher speak at Plymouth church of the duty of women to help during the war.^[1] She heard this sermon in April 1861, the Sunday after the battle at Fort Sumter, and enlisted with six other women by the first day of May.^[1]^[2] These women were some of the first to respond to the call for nurses.^[2]

Her service began at Union Hospital at Georgetown. Immediately, Abbey noticed the lack of structure and organization of the hospital, largely due to the immense need for help.^[1] Ultimately, the hospital environment proved to be too much physical and emotional stress for Abbey, who left September 3, 1861.^[1]^[2]

This did not stop Abbey from aiding the war effort. Abbey opened her own home to be used as a private hospital for two years, maintained by herself. The house continued to operate as a hospital even after Abbey moved.^[1] She reportedly never expected payment for her services.^[1]

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1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶{{cite book|last=Holland|first=Mary Gardner|title=Our Army Nurses:Stories from Women in the Civil War|location=Roseville|publisher=Edinborough Press|year=2002|isbn=9781889020044|page=11}}
2. ^¹²{{cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18980817.2.21|title=A Veteran Nurse|website=California Digital Newspaper Collection|language=en|access-date=2017-02-26}}

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