Item #680 Annapolis Civil War Nurse, Photographic Portrait Mounted on Printed Card. Ruth S. Ellis, Mrs. Alonzo Josselyn.
Ellis, Ruth S. [Mrs. Alonzo Josselyn]

Annapolis Civil War Nurse, Photographic Portrait Mounted on Printed Card

[Annapolis?]: [1865?]. Photograph, signed by King. Single card, approximately 7.5" x 5" Near fine. A couple of small spots to card. Portrait very clear and crisp.

Oval photographic portrait of Nurse Ruth S. Ellis of Bridgewater, MA, mounted on a printed card. Text gives brief biographical information on Mrs. Josselyn and her time in Annapolis from August 1863 to May 1865. She apparently worked at the Naval School Hospital--which was U.S. General Hospital Div. 1 at the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy. Signed in type by the Surgeon in Charge, Dr. B. A. Vanderkieft.

Item #680

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