Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism and Patience

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Zeigler, McCurdy & Company, 1867 - Hospitals - 779 pages

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MRS MARY A BICKERDYKE
171
Sketch of her personal appearanceHer gentle tender winning waysThe American Florence
187
MRS STEPHEN BARKER
200
BRADLEY
212
again wounded and in the enemys linesShe removes him and succors the wounded
225
MRS ARABELLA GRIFFITH BARLOW
227
MRS NELLIE MARIA TAYLOR
233
Parentage and early historyRemoval to New OrleansHer son urged to enlist in the rebel
240
MRS WILLIAM H HOLSTEIN
251
The death of her husband Governor Louis P HarveyHer intense griefShe resolves to devote
265
Her birth and educationHer preparation for service in the hospitalsReceives instruction
273
MRS ALMIRA FALES
279
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284
MRS MARY MORRIS HUSBAND
287
THE HOSPITAL TRANSPORT SERVICE
299
OTHER LABORS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL
316
Wormeleys connection with the Hospital Transport ServiceHer extraordinary labors
318
THE MISSES WOOLSEY
324
ANNA MARIA ROSS
343
MRS G T M DAVIS
352
Miss Safford a native of Vermont but a resident of CairoHer thorough and extensive mental
357
Early efforts for the soldiersShe urges the organization of Aid Societies and these become
373
Previous pursuitsIn the hospitals in Tennessee in the summer and autumn of 1862A remark
379
A native of BostonCame to St Louis in 1861 and entered upon hospital work in January
384
MISS DOROTHEA L DIX
392
MRS HARRIET R COLFAX
395
A scion of an eminent familyAt Benton Barracks HospitalAt MemphisReturn to
397
MRS R H SPENCER
403
ELLEN E MITCHELL
420
A Scotch maiden but devotedly attached to the UnionAbandons a pleasant and lucrative
427
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431
MRS SARAH P EDSON
440
C HALL
448
ANNAPOLIS
455
OTHER LABORS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ANNAPOLIS
461
for the purposes of the Association sixtyone thousand three hundred and eightysix dollars
527
SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN OHIO
540
NEW ENGLAND WOMENS AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION
553
The origin of the CommissionIts early laborsMrs Porters connection with itHer determi
560
Her birth and early educationHer marriageHer familyShe identifies herself from the
562
Mrs Livermores childhood and educationShe becomes a teacherHer marriageShe is asso
577
GENERAL AID SOCIETY FOR THE ARMY BUffalo
590
tifarious laborsThe Military Hospitals in DetroitThe Soldiers Home in Detroit
593
The Milwaukie Ladies Soldiers Aid SocietyLabors of Mrs Jackson Mrs Delafield and others
613
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621
ST LOUIS LADIES UNION AID SOCIETY
630
Gettysburg and at Mine RunHer health injured by her exposure and excessive labors
643
LADIES AID SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA
645
WOMENS RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND
650
MRS ELIZABETH M STREETER
659
MRS CURTIS T FENN
666
MRS JAMES HARLAN
676
Childhood and youth of Mrs GageAntislavery views inculcated by her parents and grand
683
MRS LUCY GAYLORD POMEROY
691
MARIA R MANN
697
SARAH J HAGAR
704
M HALLOWELL
710
LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR SERVICES IN SOLDIERS
717
and Soldiers Rest for the next fifteen monthsThe Northwestern Sanitary and Soldiers
719
MISS HATTIE WISWALL
725
MISS CHARLOTTE BRADFORD
731
PAGE
738
MRS ANNIE ETHERIDGE
747
PAGE
754
MRS S BURGER STEARNS
760
OTHER DEFENDERS OF THE FLAG
767
THE WOMEN OF GETTYSBURG
775
Names of loyal Southern Women already mentionedThe loyal women of RichmondTheir
779
FINAL CHAPTER
787
INDEX OF NAMES OF LADIES
795

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