Tag Archives: Maryland Heights

Nurse Abba Goddard hears mention of the 10th Maine, part 4

Battlefields, Maine's role, the Civil War during its sesquicentennial, , , , , , , ,
By

Maine at War celebrates Women’s History Month with a four-part tale about nurse Abba Goddard and her adventures at Harpers Ferry during the Antietam Campaign. You can read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here. Cheers erupted (and probably echoed) across Harpers Ferry as civilians and paroled Union soldiers saw that “our […]

Nurse Abba Goddard withstands Jackson’s bombardment at Harpers Ferry, part 1

the Civil War during its sesquicentennial, , , , , , , , , , , ,
By

Maine at War celebrates Women’s History Month with a four-part tale about nurse Abba Goddard and her adventures at Harpers Ferry during the Antietam Campaign. You can read part 2 here, part 3 here, and part 4 here. Maine nurse Abba Goddard went livid when Col. Dixon Stansbury Miles surrendered the Harpers Ferry garrison to […]