No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame's Civil War (Pride, Gallman,W) quill operating on the dark edge

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By Charles Knight

” concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran

No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame's Civil War (Pride, Gallman,W) quill operating on the dark edgeby Mike Pride, Forward by J. Matthew Gallman n June of 1861, 46 year old Harriet Patience Dame joined the Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a matron. No Place for a Woman recounts her dedicated service throughout the Civil War. She camped with the regiment on campaign, nursed its wounded after many major battles, and carried out important wartime missions for her state and the Union cause. Late in the 19th century, she battled