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Tuesday 7th
Excessively warm. We had a nice shower, however, in the forenoon, which cooled the air somewhat. Louise & I started out this P.M. to go up town. We were going to the Union Hospital. It looked very much like rain and before we had gone two blocks down it came. We took refuge in a grocery, the only available shelter, and spent about an hour and a half in the agreeable society of codfish and potatoes. It cleared up after a time and we went on, did not visit the Hospital however. Went up to the Park this evening.
Wednesday 8th
Started immediately after breakfast to see Dr. Irwin Surgeon General of Hospitals here, he immediately engaged us for hospital duty and gave us our papers. We visited the Jackson Hospital and afterward the Gayard, where we were engaged. We found Mrs. Wemple, a Wisconsin lady and Mrs. Green a sort of under matron here, very pleasant. They told us some very discouraging things and for some time I felt rather blue over the prospect. The surgeon in charge, Dr. Hartshorn came in and assigned us our wards. Fannie's is next to mine on the same floor. The wards are long rooms containing from fifty to seventy beds. Each one has a surgeon, a ward master and four nurses besides a female nurse. Dr. Nelson the surgeon of my ward seems to be a very pleasant man. There are some very sick men in my ward and being an entirely new business to me I went at it rather awkwardly, I expect that I shall
Object Description
| Page Title | Emilie Quiner's diary, 1861-1863 |
| Author | Quiner, Emilie |
| Source Creation Date | 1861-1863 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP245000 |
| Description | Madison resident Emilie Quiner describes her life as a Madison school teacher, a student at Normal School, the Madison social scene and reactions to the Civil War, and her experiences caring for soldiers at a Union hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, during July and August 1863. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Recommended Citation | Quiner, Emilie. Diary, 1861-1863. Unpublished manuscript in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives (Wis Mss 78S). Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=147 |
| Document Number | TP245 |
| Size | 179 p. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=147 |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Wis Mss 78S; WIHV93-A946 |
| Genre | diary |
| County | Dane County |
| City | Madison |
| State/Province | Wisconsin; Tennessee |
| Gender | female |
| Sub-Topic | The Civil War Home Front |
| Event Date | 1861-1863 |
| Event Years | 1861; 1862; 1863 |
| Domestic Life | Family; |
| Education | Schools; Teachers; |
| Occupations | Nursing |
| War | Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War, 1861-1865--women's work |
| Service Industries | Public health; |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | July 7th-July 8th |
| Author | Quiner, Emilie |
| Source Creation Date | 1861-1863 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP245140 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Wis Mss 78S |
| Full Text |
Tuesday 7th
Excessively warm. We had a nice shower, however, in the forenoon, which cooled the air somewhat. Louise & I started out this P.M. to go up town. We were going to the Union Hospital. It looked very much like rain and before we had gone two blocks down it came. We took refuge in a grocery, the only available shelter, and spent about an hour and a half in the agreeable society of codfish and potatoes. It cleared up after a time and we went on, did not visit the Hospital however. Went up to the Park this evening. Wednesday 8th Started immediately after breakfast to see Dr. Irwin Surgeon General of Hospitals here, he immediately engaged us for hospital duty and gave us our papers. We visited the Jackson Hospital and afterward the Gayard, where we were engaged. We found Mrs. Wemple, a Wisconsin lady and Mrs. Green a sort of under matron here, very pleasant. They told us some very discouraging things and for some time I felt rather blue over the prospect. The surgeon in charge, Dr. Hartshorn came in and assigned us our wards. Fannie's is next to mine on the same floor. The wards are long rooms containing from fifty to seventy beds. Each one has a surgeon, a ward master and four nurses besides a female nurse. Dr. Nelson the surgeon of my ward seems to be a very pleasant man. There are some very sick men in my ward and being an entirely new business to me I went at it rather awkwardly, I expect that I shall |
| Event Date | 1861-1863 |
| Event Years | 1861; 1862; 1863 |
| Type | Text |