Anna Morris Holstein | |
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| Born | Anna Morris Ellis April 9, 1824 Muncy, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 1900 (aged 76) near Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Pen name | "Mrs. H." |
| Occupation | organizational founder, civil war nurse, author |
| Spouse |
William Hayman Holstein
(m. 1848; died 1894) |
| Relatives | Samuel Morris (great-grandfather) |
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Anna Morris Holstein (née, Ellis; pen name, Mrs. H.; April 9, 1824 – December 31, 1900) was an American organizational leader, civil war nurse, and author. From 1862 until the close of the war, Holstein was engaged in the hospital service, and after the Battle of Gettysburg, she was matron-in-chief of a hospital in which 3,000 seriously wounded men were looked after. She was the founder and first regent of the Centennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge, and a regent of the Valley Forge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.).
Largely through Holstein's influence, George Washington was able to purchase his headquarters at Valley Forge, which have been restored and are now accessible to the people as a historic location.[1] Her publications included Three years in field hospitals of the Army of the Potomac (1867), Swedish Holsteins in America from 1644 to 1892 (1892), and Valley Forge : Winter of 177–78 The Darkest Period of the Revolution (published posthumously, 1903).
- ^ Nursing World 1900, p. 102.