tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post1916473618102460176..comments2024-03-28T08:54:52.735-05:00Comments on Civil War Quilts: A Nurse in Uniform: What War?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-63429912936044263762023-07-11T18:37:20.041-05:002023-07-11T18:37:20.041-05:00Amelia Mezzara nursed my husband’s Civil War ances...Amelia Mezzara nursed my husband’s Civil War ancestor, Isaac Rufus Horton, when he died of Typhoid Fever in 1864. She wrote a beautiful, long letter to inform his wife, which we still have.Elizabeth Hagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-74204245574889295332020-09-29T09:27:30.225-05:002020-09-29T09:27:30.225-05:00Hello.
Thank you very much for this photo of Amél...Hello. <br />Thank you very much for this photo of Amélie/Amélia Mezzara and no Mazzara. She is the husband of the sculptor and photograph, Pierre/Pietro Mezzara and her cousin! All about Mezzara family is in my book: Bruno Montamat, Paul Mezzara, un oublié de l'Art nouveau, Mare & Martin, 2018. <br /><br />https://www.amazon.fr/Paul-Mezzara-1866-1918-Montama-Bruno/dp/B0788XQ5YGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-68875128090319287492017-11-05T23:05:18.315-06:002017-11-05T23:05:18.315-06:00That Lincoln statue looks a bit effeminite, not yo...That Lincoln statue looks a bit effeminite, not your typical farm boy at all. (but perhaps more of a french flair?) lol<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://loves-relationships.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">แคมฟรอก</a>UplayOnlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056159688537638797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-39927323685147298692017-10-20T10:28:24.630-05:002017-10-20T10:28:24.630-05:00Even though I’m not a “connoisseurs” of your civil...Even though I’m not a “connoisseurs” of your civil war’s history, it’s interesting to read about it.<br />Mezzara is a very common last name in Sicily, especially in Palermo and subborbs.<br />Great post. Thank you!Rina Spinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01439031899981720605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-62348147961343360522017-10-17T13:21:54.451-05:002017-10-17T13:21:54.451-05:00I am a nurse myself and a civil war fanatic! One ...I am a nurse myself and a civil war fanatic! One civil war nurse I had not ran across in my readings. Thank you for the post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-65189825575960243472017-10-15T16:27:31.800-05:002017-10-15T16:27:31.800-05:00I love your forensic history!I love your forensic history!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-24077152192044334922017-10-15T09:21:20.532-05:002017-10-15T09:21:20.532-05:00I think Pietro had an old statue of Lafayette or s...I think Pietro had an old statue of Lafayette or some early 19th c guy sitting around and put<br />Lincoln's head on it. The statue's main claim to fame was it was the first sculpture of Lincoln---first not always best. I think it's interesting that he and Mme. never had any children but then again<br /> when did they see each other? Barbara Brackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948219446078848778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-72183059705682771982017-10-15T08:26:00.631-05:002017-10-15T08:26:00.631-05:00As always, great job on all of your research!
Tha...As always, great job on all of your research! <br />That Lincoln statue looks a bit effeminite, not your typical farm boy at all. (but perhaps more of a french flair?) lolI'm just saying:https://www.blogger.com/profile/07721348103846516973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-27180716389039466982017-10-15T07:21:04.261-05:002017-10-15T07:21:04.261-05:00Before I read any of your great research... I thou...Before I read any of your great research... I thought "French" too..dustincecilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671689984313064523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-22765137515236086272017-10-15T03:11:25.693-05:002017-10-15T03:11:25.693-05:00Cornelia Hancock was a nurse to my great grandfath...Cornelia Hancock was a nurse to my great grandfather, Gideon Durfee, at Gettysburg. It sent chills up my back when he was mentioned in the book of her letters. When she arrived at Gettysburg, the men hadn't eaten and were laying under trees, no hospital. The women from town had baked bread and supplied jam or jelly and she spread it on the broken pieces of bread with a stick, she had no knife. As she stayed with the Army, she was eventually given a tent and a cook stove that the Army would move from battle to battle. Great book if you like Civil War history or women's history. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500841280114781724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-14017923211138198082017-10-14T18:52:04.999-05:002017-10-14T18:52:04.999-05:00Here's a link to a photo of Cornelia Hancock i...Here's a link to a photo of Cornelia Hancock in a field hospital:<br /><br />http://www.civilwarmed.org/clara-jones4/<br /><br />Scroll down.Barbara Brackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948219446078848778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-60944067800323941882017-10-14T13:02:48.149-05:002017-10-14T13:02:48.149-05:00Just did some reading on Cornelia Hancock, a New J...Just did some reading on Cornelia Hancock, a New Jersey born Quaker nurse who tended wounded during the Civil War - a remarkable lady who accomplished so much in her 87 years. She also wore plain clothing (agree with the comment about Dorothea Dix (aka “Dragon Dix”) who did not want pretty ladies in fancy dress as nurses). There is a photo of Cornelia taken at Brandy Station, Virginia in 1864 - dark dress, no nurses style cap or adornment and no red cross arm band. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395890193161794631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-56858701312111418052017-10-14T10:59:36.478-05:002017-10-14T10:59:36.478-05:00It is good thing it melted. I don't think the ...It is good thing it melted. I don't think the guy had much talent.Barbara Brackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948219446078848778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-89851573202052218672017-10-14T10:51:45.602-05:002017-10-14T10:51:45.602-05:00The American branch of the Red Cross was formed by...The American branch of the Red Cross was formed by Clara Barton (and others) after the Civil War. I don't believe the photo was taken while Mme. Mezzara was wearing Civil War nurse's garb or serving as a Civil War nurse. Dorothy Dix had standards for her nurses' dress, attempting to assure that they wore plain and not sexually alluring clothing, but there were no uniforms for Civil War nurses, even those actually enlisted in the Army.<br /><br />I have not seen photos containing Red Cross emblems on any Civil War personnel, vehicles or hospital quarters. <br /><br />BTW that statue of Lincoln Mazzara's husband made. I appreciate the desire to honor him, but his pose is so un-Lincolnesque! It's actually a bit shocking. Suzanne Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387297696390711279noreply@blogger.com