Elida Rumsey

Elida Rumsey
A young white woman, standing, wearing a fitted long-sleeved bodice and a long voluminous skirt.
Elida Rumsey in 1862, from an 1897 publication
BornJune 26, 1842
New York City, US
DiedJune 17, 1919
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Known forCivil War nursing

Elida B. Rumsey (June 6, 1842 – June 17, 1919), also referred to by her married name, Elida Fowle, was a singer, philanthropist, and Union nurse during the American Civil War. Too young to join Dorothea Dix's army nursing service, Rumsey volunteered for three years of the war.[1]

  1. ^ Hall, Richard H. (2006). Women on the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 255. ISBN 9780700614370.