Isabella Fogg – Union Nurse
Born: December 1823, in New Brunswick, Canada
Served: Maine Camp and Hospital Association, Christian Commission, 1861 to 1865
Died: December 1873, in Washington, DC
Fogg served with the Maine Camp and Hospital Association and later with the Christian Commission, caring for the wounded on twenty-nine battlefields while being exposed to enemy fire at least eight times. She also served at various hospitals and on transport ships. Late in the war she permanently injured her spine after falling through an open hatch of a hospital ship while hurrying to tend to a dying soldier.