Mary Phinney von Olnhausen

Mary Phinney von Olnhausen
Mary Phinney, Civil War nurse.
Image of Phinney from the frontispiece of her posthumously published diaries. Phinney was in her mid to late forties during the Civil War.
Born1818 (1818)
Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 1902 (aged 83–84)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationNurse
Known forDiarist who recorded 19th Century medical techniques
SpouseBaron Gustav Adolph von Olnhausen
Parent(s)Elias and Catherine Bartlett Phinney

Baroness Mary Phinney von Olnhausen (1818–1902) was an American nurse, abolitionist, and diarist.[1] Historians look to the book extracted from her diaries -- "Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars" to understand the medical techniques of the Civil War.[2]

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