Civil War Nurse - Lois was the daughter of William Harding and Mary O. Vernon/Verner.
Lois and Miss Harriet Colfax, later a famous lighthouse keeper at Michigan City, both enrolled at St. Louis, Missouri, on 11/10/1861. After the battle of Fort Donelson, 300 men came under their care. At the request of Governor Morton of Indiana, she transferred to Hospital No. 2 in Evansville, where she eventually "commanded" five others. Dunbar also made trips down South to care for the sick and wounded. "Twice I went down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers after the sick, and at Sartartia, on the Yazoo, was under fire from the rebels, but our gunboats soon disabled them. We had a small battle, and took a church, which we fitted up for a hospital. We took some on the boat, gathering up three hundred on the return."
She was taught surgery under Dr. Jameson who had served in the Crimean War, and she studied from surgical manual she owned and assisted in many amputations. After the war, she married one of the first patients she saved after five doctors had given up on him. She resigned the service in September 1864.
On 12/10/1864 she was married to George Archer/Archern Dunbar of Joliet, Illinois. He was 29 and she was 32. They married in Berrien County, Michigan, by Minister Joshua Hines. She had previously married a Mr. Dennett.
On 11/21/1898 she filed for a U.S. government pension as an "invalid" for her service during the Civil War with the "Medical Department U.S. Volunteers." Her application was accepted and she was awarded certificate # 851217; she was living in Utah when she filed for this pension.
Dunbar wrote of her experiences briefly in "Our Army Nurses - Stories from Women in the Civil War." In that book she wrote:
"I have had men die clutching my dress till it was almost impossible to loosen their hold. I have often taken young boys in my arms when they were so tired they could not rest in their beds, and held them as I would my own little boys. I never went to the ward with a sad face, but always had a smile and a cheery word for all. The doctor used to say he knew when I was ahead of him, for the patients had such pleasant countenances."
Dunbar suffered a Paralytic Stroke on 6/21/1906 at 4:30 and passed away about five hours later. At the time of her death she was living at 908-22nd Street in Ogden, Utah. Her death certificate records her occupation as "nurse".
Lois and Miss Harriet Colfax, later a famous lighthouse keeper at Michigan City, both enrolled at St. Louis, Missouri, on 11/10/1861. After the battle of Fort Donelson, 300 men came under their care. At the request of Governor Morton of Indiana, she transferred to Hospital No. 2 in Evansville, where she eventually "commanded" five others. Dunbar also made trips down South to care for the sick and wounded. "Twice I went down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers after the sick, and at Sartartia, on the Yazoo, was under fire from the rebels, but our gunboats soon disabled them. We had a small battle, and took a church, which we fitted up for a hospital. We took some on the boat, gathering up three hundred on the return."
She was taught surgery under Dr. Jameson who had served in the Crimean War, and she studied from surgical manual she owned and assisted in many amputations. After the war, she married one of the first patients she saved after five doctors had given up on him. She resigned the service in September 1864.
On 12/10/1864 she was married to George Archer/Archern Dunbar of Joliet, Illinois. He was 29 and she was 32. They married in Berrien County, Michigan, by Minister Joshua Hines. She had previously married a Mr. Dennett.
On 11/21/1898 she filed for a U.S. government pension as an "invalid" for her service during the Civil War with the "Medical Department U.S. Volunteers." Her application was accepted and she was awarded certificate # 851217; she was living in Utah when she filed for this pension.
Dunbar wrote of her experiences briefly in "Our Army Nurses - Stories from Women in the Civil War." In that book she wrote:
"I have had men die clutching my dress till it was almost impossible to loosen their hold. I have often taken young boys in my arms when they were so tired they could not rest in their beds, and held them as I would my own little boys. I never went to the ward with a sad face, but always had a smile and a cheery word for all. The doctor used to say he knew when I was ahead of him, for the patients had such pleasant countenances."
Dunbar suffered a Paralytic Stroke on 6/21/1906 at 4:30 and passed away about five hours later. At the time of her death she was living at 908-22nd Street in Ogden, Utah. Her death certificate records her occupation as "nurse".
Civil War Nurse - Lois was the daughter of William Harding and Mary O. Vernon/Verner.
Lois and Miss Harriet Colfax, later a famous lighthouse keeper at Michigan City, both enrolled at St. Louis, Missouri, on 11/10/1861. After the battle of Fort Donelson, 300 men came under their care. At the request of Governor Morton of Indiana, she transferred to Hospital No. 2 in Evansville, where she eventually "commanded" five others. Dunbar also made trips down South to care for the sick and wounded. "Twice I went down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers after the sick, and at Sartartia, on the Yazoo, was under fire from the rebels, but our gunboats soon disabled them. We had a small battle, and took a church, which we fitted up for a hospital. We took some on the boat, gathering up three hundred on the return."
She was taught surgery under Dr. Jameson who had served in the Crimean War, and she studied from surgical manual she owned and assisted in many amputations. After the war, she married one of the first patients she saved after five doctors had given up on him. She resigned the service in September 1864.
On 12/10/1864 she was married to George Archer/Archern Dunbar of Joliet, Illinois. He was 29 and she was 32. They married in Berrien County, Michigan, by Minister Joshua Hines. She had previously married a Mr. Dennett.
On 11/21/1898 she filed for a U.S. government pension as an "invalid" for her service during the Civil War with the "Medical Department U.S. Volunteers." Her application was accepted and she was awarded certificate # 851217; she was living in Utah when she filed for this pension.
Dunbar wrote of her experiences briefly in "Our Army Nurses - Stories from Women in the Civil War." In that book she wrote:
"I have had men die clutching my dress till it was almost impossible to loosen their hold. I have often taken young boys in my arms when they were so tired they could not rest in their beds, and held them as I would my own little boys. I never went to the ward with a sad face, but always had a smile and a cheery word for all. The doctor used to say he knew when I was ahead of him, for the patients had such pleasant countenances."
Dunbar suffered a Paralytic Stroke on 6/21/1906 at 4:30 and passed away about five hours later. At the time of her death she was living at 908-22nd Street in Ogden, Utah. Her death certificate records her occupation as "nurse".
Lois and Miss Harriet Colfax, later a famous lighthouse keeper at Michigan City, both enrolled at St. Louis, Missouri, on 11/10/1861. After the battle of Fort Donelson, 300 men came under their care. At the request of Governor Morton of Indiana, she transferred to Hospital No. 2 in Evansville, where she eventually "commanded" five others. Dunbar also made trips down South to care for the sick and wounded. "Twice I went down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers after the sick, and at Sartartia, on the Yazoo, was under fire from the rebels, but our gunboats soon disabled them. We had a small battle, and took a church, which we fitted up for a hospital. We took some on the boat, gathering up three hundred on the return."
She was taught surgery under Dr. Jameson who had served in the Crimean War, and she studied from surgical manual she owned and assisted in many amputations. After the war, she married one of the first patients she saved after five doctors had given up on him. She resigned the service in September 1864.
On 12/10/1864 she was married to George Archer/Archern Dunbar of Joliet, Illinois. He was 29 and she was 32. They married in Berrien County, Michigan, by Minister Joshua Hines. She had previously married a Mr. Dennett.
On 11/21/1898 she filed for a U.S. government pension as an "invalid" for her service during the Civil War with the "Medical Department U.S. Volunteers." Her application was accepted and she was awarded certificate # 851217; she was living in Utah when she filed for this pension.
Dunbar wrote of her experiences briefly in "Our Army Nurses - Stories from Women in the Civil War." In that book she wrote:
"I have had men die clutching my dress till it was almost impossible to loosen their hold. I have often taken young boys in my arms when they were so tired they could not rest in their beds, and held them as I would my own little boys. I never went to the ward with a sad face, but always had a smile and a cheery word for all. The doctor used to say he knew when I was ahead of him, for the patients had such pleasant countenances."
Dunbar suffered a Paralytic Stroke on 6/21/1906 at 4:30 and passed away about five hours later. At the time of her death she was living at 908-22nd Street in Ogden, Utah. Her death certificate records her occupation as "nurse".
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