About Mary Phinney von Olnhausen

Baroness Mary Phinney von Olnhausen (1818–1902) was an American nurse, abolitionist, and diarist. Historians look to the book extracted from her diaries Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars, edited by her nephew James Phinney Munroe, to understand the medical techniques of the Civil War.

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Mary Phinney von Olnhausen

2 Feb 1818 - 12 Apr 1902

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