Isabella (Morrison) Fogg
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Isabella (Morrison) Fogg (1823 - 1873)

Isabella Fogg formerly Morrison
Born in New Brunswickmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 50 in Washington D.C., United Statesmap
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Biography

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Isabella (Morrison) Fogg was born in New Brunswick, Canada.
Isabella cared for Civil War wounded on twenty-nine battle fields while being exposed to enemy fire at least eight times, and was instrumental in the founding of the Maine Camp Hospital Association.
Isabella (Morrison) Fogg was interred in Maine.

Isabella was born in December 1823 in Scotch Ridge, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. She lived with her parents, immigrants from Scotland, on a farm.

She married William Fogg in 1836 when she was 13 and they moved to his home town of Calais, Maine. They had at least three children: Jeanette (1842-1918), Charles F., and Hugh M. (1843-1880). After William died (before 1861) Isabella supported herself and son Hugh as a seamstress and tailor.

In 1850 Isabella was living with her family in St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan. Her name was misspelled Isabel Morison. [1]

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceOccupation
H N MorisonheadM51Connecticutlumberman
Ann Morisondaughter?F34England
Isabel MorisondaughterF23Canada
Catherine MorisondaughterF28West Indies
Clara S Morisondaughter?F14Michigan

In 1860, Isabella was living in the 3rd Ward in Calais City, Washington, Maine in the home of Anne Barker.[2]

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceOccupation
Anne D BarkerheadF61Massachusetts
Annie D BarkerF22Maineprinting
John BarkerM26Maineclerk
Anna ScottF22New Brunswickdress maker
Viola MorrenservantF12 New Brunswickservant
Isabella FoggF38 New Brunswicktailor

In April, 1861, Isabella’s son Hugh joined the militia and became a part of 6th Maine Infantry.

Isabella decided to join in the Union effort by offering her services to the state of Maine and accompanied a Maine regiment to Annapolis, Maryland to help out in hospitals. She volunteered for a Spotted Fever ward – a very risky assignment. In the spring of 1862, Isabella offered to help the Sanitary Commission of Washington care for the growing numbers of wounded. Throughout May, she tended the wounded and sick on the hospital ship USS Elm City. Her work was so impressive that a military surgeon invited her to serve at the front. From May 1862 to November 1864 she nursed at numerous sites, including Antietam and Gettysburg.

Hearing from her son Hugh about the appalling conditions of the sick and wounded in his regiment, she immediately headed off with supplies for them. Their need was enormous, too big for her to handle. She decided that it was critical for there to be an organized relief effort. Isabella returned to Maine and began campaigning for such an effort. The Maine Camp Hospital Association was created in November 1862, with field operations to be led by Isabella and committee member Harriet Eaton. The two women delivered supplies to Harper's Ferry.

She left the Camp Hospital Association in 1863 and served with the U.S. Christian Commission.

In January of 1865, while caring for soldiers on the hospital ship USS Jacob Strader on the Ohio River, Isabella fell through a hatchway and permanently injured her spine. She was bedridden for two years.

Although now an invalid for life, according to her diary, she was solaced and penetrated with deep gratitude to God that he so long preserved her in health and strength, enabling her to witness the triumph of the right and the dawn of peace.

Isabella had cared for the wounded on twenty-nine battle fields while being exposed to enemy fire at least eight times. She risked her life continually at the front, often caring for men with infectious diseases and was hospitalized more than once. During one battle, while tending to a wounded soldier, a shell flew in and killed the soldier, but spared her. She received recognition and gratitude from generals Grant, Meade, Burnside, Hooker and Chamberlain.

She became the first woman to receive a Civil War pension, and the only one pensioned for injuries suffered during the war. [3][4]

Isabella passed away on 23 Dec 1873 in Washington, D.C. and is buried in Forest City Cemetery in South Portland, Cumberland, Maine.[5](Her death records incorrectly state that her father was William Fogg.)[6][7]

Sources

  1. 1850 Census"United States Census, 1850", citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FamilySearch Record: MF8G-S59 (accessed 21 February 2023) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-67D7-2NP Image number 00006.
  2. 1860 Census"United States Census, 1860", citing Page: 63; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 454; FHL microfilm: 803454; Record number: 5674, FamilySearch Record: MDHL-QYW (accessed 21 February 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GB9V-2LK Image number 00152.
  3. VA Pension"United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", citing Affiliate Publication Title: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Affiliate Publication Number: T288; Affiliate Film Number: 156; FHL microfilm: 540912, FamilySearch Record: KDYV-BP3 (accessed 21 February 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9TBN-13C Image number 04364, Name: Isabella Fogg; Pension Date: 1866.
  4. VA Pension"United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", citing Affiliate Publication Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900; Affiliate Publication Number: T289; Affiliate Film Number: 23437320, FamilySearch Record: N4BY-QZD (accessed 21 February 2023) http://www.fold3.com/document.php?doc=28977778&xid=215&p=ma, Name: Isabella Fogg; Pension Date: 18 Jul 1866; Pension Place: , United States; Miitary Unit: Volunteers; Mil Rank: Nurse; Mil Regiment: [Blank]; Source File Name: 23437320; Ship Company Name: [Blank]
  5. BurialFind a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21435699/isabella-fogg: accessed 21 February 2023), memorial page for Isabella Morrison Fogg (1823–23 Dec 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21435699, citing Forest City Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Dragonflyz in the wind (contributor 49343882).
  6. "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", citing , , District Of Columbia, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm, FamilySearch Record: 2HK1-RR8 (accessed 21 February 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-8974-YX8H, Isabella Fogg death 23 Dec 1873 (age 50), daughter of William Fogg, in District Of Columbia, United States.
  7. "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", citing Washington D C, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm, FamilySearch Record: 2HVM-H39 (accessed 21 February 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L979-V93Y-N, Isabella Fogg death 23 Dec 1873 (age 50), daughter of William Fogg, in Washington D C, , Maine, United States.
  • Monumental inscription. Forest City Cemetery, South Portland, Maine. 1873 (b. 1823) FOGG, Isabella Morrison. Photographed by: Find A Grave contributor Sally - Midcoast Maine, ID 48138595.
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