Caroline Burghardt

Caroline Asenath Grant Burghardt (June 10, 1834 – February 6, 1922) was a Union nurse during the American Civil War, who later practiced as a medical doctor in Washington D.C.

Early life Burghardt was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Budd Burghardt and Asenath Lucinda Grant. Her mother died when Caroline was a girl. Poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant was an acquaintance of Burghardt's, and may have helped place her in a nursing role during the war. In this letter, Dix commented on Burghardt's "superior fidelity and skill."

Personal life Burghardt received a pension of twelve dollars a month after February 28, 1891. She died in 1922, aged 87 years, in Washington D.C. Her grave is in Arlington National Cemetery.