Mary Ann Brown Newcomb

Mary Ann Brown Newcomb, also known as Mary A. Newcomb (January 5, 1817 – December 23, 1892),[a] was a camp and hospital nurse who served the Union Army during the American Civil War.

She wrote the book Four Years of Work and Personal Experience in the War.

[1] When the war broke out her husband and son enlisted in the Union Army.

[2][3] As I walked over that battlefield in search of loved ones, and saw the terrible work that war had made and thought of the wave of woe that was surging over the land, I felt to say in my heart Oh God how long must we suffer?She had no experience caring for wounded soldiers,[2][3] but like other Civil War nurses, Newcomb relinquished her everyday responsibilities to serve as a hard-working nurse.

Newcomb (born July 25, 1811) was wounded on February 15, 1862, and died eleven days later.