Isabella Fogg, ca. 1860

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Isabella Fogg was one of hundreds of Maine women who volunteered to care for wounded and sick soldiers during the Civil War. She was largely responsible for the formation of the Maine Sanitary Commission, which coordinated medical and other supplies for soldiers, especially those from Maine.

Fogg permanently injured her spine in an accident aboard the navy steamer Jacob Strader in 1865.

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Title: Isabella Fogg, ca. 1860
Creator: Ulke Brothers Studio, Washington, D.C.
Creation Date: circa 1860
Subject Date: circa 1860
Town: Washington
State: DC
Media: B/W Copy Print
Local Code: msa00022
Collection: Maine State Archives Civil War Collection, original in private collection
Object Type: Image

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Maine State Archives
84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084
(207) 287-5795
http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/

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