Sophronia Bucklin

Sophronia Bucklin
Other name(s)Sophronia Brecklin
Born1828
Ithaca, New York
Died1902
Buried
Lake View Cemetery
AllegianceUnited States Union Army
UnitNurse
Battles / warsGettysburg

Sophronia E. Bucklin (1828–1902, in other sources listed as "Sophronia Brecklin") was a nurse during the American Civil War.[1][2] From Auburn, New York, Bucklin served for almost three years of the American Civil War.[3] She worked with numerous hospitals and was present at many notable battles throughout the latter half of the war, until General Lee's surrender.[4] Bucklin was devoted to the war effort, and though dependent on wages for her own living, felt the "same patriotism" as male volunteers.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Sophronia Bucklin". American Civil War Forum. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ Hall, Richard E. (2006). Women in the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 229. ISBN 9780700614370.
  3. ^ Leonard, Elizabeth D. (1994). Yankee Women: Gender Battles in the Civil War. New York: W.W.Norton and Company. p. 3. ISBN 9780393036664.
  4. ^ Holland, Mary G. (2002). Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War. Roseville: Edinborough Press. p. 51. ISBN 9781889020044.
  5. ^ Hall, Richard E. (2006). Women in the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 200. ISBN 9780700614370.
  6. ^ Silber, Nina (2005). Daughters of the Union: Northern Women Fight the Civil War. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 200. ISBN 0674016777.