Civil War Nurses of Mount Auburn Cemetery: Dorothea Lynde Dix

By Bill McEvoy In honor of National Nurses Week, local historian Bill McEvoy has compiled histories of some of the Civil War nurses who are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. This is part one of seven. Dorothea Dix was born on April 4, 1802, in Hampton Maine. She died on July 17th, 1887, at the … Continue reading Civil War Nurses of Mount Auburn Cemetery: Dorothea Lynde Dix