| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index. |
| Summary |
The story of Hartford lawyer Joseph Hawley, an abolitionist and the first Connecticut resident to enlist in the Union Army following the attack on Fort Sumter, who later served as Connecticut's governor, congressman, and U.S. senator. His first wife, Harriet (Hattie) Ward Foote, became a Civil War nurse who served in Washington, D.C. and died shortly after the adoption of their child. Hawley's second wife, Edith Anne Horner, was a British Nightingale nurse who received the Royal Red Cross for her service in the Zulu War in South Africa and after her husband's death became president of the Visiting Nurses Association in Hartford, Connecticut. |
| Subject |
Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905.
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Abolitionists -- Connecticut -- Biography.
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Governors -- Connecticut -- Biography.
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Governors' spouses -- Connecticut -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780974935225 paperback |
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0974935220 paperback |
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