Woman's Work in the Civil War

OTHER FRIENDS OF THE FREEDMEN AND REFUGEES.

Mrs. Harris' labors-Miss Tyson and Mrs. Beck-Miss Jane Stuart Woolsey-Mrs. Governor

Hawley-Miss Gilson-Mrs. Lucy S. Starr-Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk-Mrs. H. F. Hoes and Miss

Alice F. Royce-Mrs. John S. Phelps-Mrs. Mary A. Whitaker-Fort Leavenworth-Mrs.

Nettie C. Constant-Miss G. D. Chapman-Miss Sarah E. M. Lovejoy, daughter of Hon.

Owen Lovejoy-Miss Mary E. Sheffield Her labors at Vicksburg-Her death-Helena-Mrs.

Sarah Coombs-Nashville-Mrs. Mary R. Fogg-St. Louis Refugee and Freedmen's Home

Mrs. H. M. Weed-The supervision of this Home by Mrs. Alfred Clapp, Mrs. Joseph Craw-

shaw, Mrs. Lucien Eaton and Mrs. N. Stevens.........
713-716

PART V. LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR SERVICES IN SOLDIERS'

HOMES, VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOONS, ON GOVERN-

MENT HOSPITAL TRANSPORTS ETC.

MRS. O. E. HOSMER.

Mrs. Hosmer's residence at Chicago-Her two sons enter the army-She determines to go to the
hospitals-Her first experiences in the hospitals at Tipton and Smithtown-The lack of sup-
plies Mrs. Hosmer procures them from the Sanitary Commission at St. Louis-Return to
Chicago-Organization of the "Ladies' War Committee"-Mrs. Hosmer its Secretary-Effi-
ciency of the organization-The Board of Trade Regiments-Mrs. Hosmer and Mrs. Smith
Tinkham go to Murfreesboro' with supplies after the battle of Stone River-Their report on
their return-Touching incident-The wounded soldier-Return to Chicago-Establishment
of the Soldiers' Home at Chicago-Mrs. Hosmer its first Vice President-Her zeal for its
interests and devotion to the Soldiers there-To the battle-field after Chickamauga-Taken

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prisoner but recaptured-Supplies lost-Return home-Her labors at the Soldiers' Home

and Soldiers' Rest for the next fifteen months-The Northwestern Sanitary and Soldiers'

Home Fair-Mrs. Hosmer Corresponding Secretary of the Executive Committee-She visits

the hospitals from Cairo to New Orleans-Success of her Mission-The emaciated prisoners

from Andersonville and Catawba at Vicksburg-Mrs. Hosmer ministers to them-The loss

of the Sultana-Return and further labors at the Soldiers' Rest-Removal to New York. 719-724

MISS HATTIE WISWALL.

Enters the service as Hospital Nurse in 1863-At Benton Barracks Hospital-A Model nurse-

Her cheerfulness-Removal to Nashville, Tennessee-She is sent thence to Vicksburg, first

as an assistant and afterwards as principal matron at the Soldiers' Home-One hundred and

fifteen thousand soldiers accommodated there during her stay-The number of soldiers daily

received ranging from two hundred to six hundred-Her admirable management-Scrupu-

lous neatness of the Home-Her labors among the Freedmen and Refugees at Vicksburg-

Her care of the wounded from the Red River Expedition-Her tenderness and cheerful

spirit-She accompanies a hospital steamer loaded with wounded men, to Cairo, and cheers

and comforts the soldiers on their voyage-Takes charge of a wounded officer and conducts

him to his home-Return to her duties-The Soldiers' Home discontinued in June, 1865. 725-727

MRS. LUCY E. STARR.

A Clergyman's widow-Her service in the Fifth Street Hospital, St. Louis-Her admirable adap-

tation to her duties-Appointed by the Western Sanitary Commission, Matron of the

Soldiers' Home at Memphis-Nearly one hundred and twenty thousand soldiers received

there during two and a half years-Mrs. Starr manages the Home with great fidelity

and success-Mr. O. R. Waters' acknowledgment of her services-Closing of the Home-

Mrs. Starr takes charge of an institution for suffering freedmen and refugees, in Memphis-

Her faithfulness.....

728-730

MISS CHARLOTTE BRADFORD.

Her reticence in regard to her labors-The public and official life of ladies occupying positions

in charitable institutions properly a matter of public comment and notice-Miss Bradford's

labors in the Hospital Transport Service-The Elm City-The Knickerbocker-Her asso-

ciates in this work-Other Relief Work-She succeeds Miss Bradley as matron of the

Soldiers' Home at Washington-Her remarkable executive ability, dignity and tenderness

for the sick and wounded soldier...........

731, 732

UNION VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOON OF PHILADELPHIA.

The labors of Mrs. Lee and Miss Ross in institutions of this class-The beginning of the Union

Volunteer Refreshment Saloon-Rival but not hostile organization-Samuel B. Fales, Esq.,

and his patriotic labors-The two institutions well supplied with funds-Nearly nine hun-

dred thousand soldiers fed at the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, and four hundred

thousand at the Cooper Shop-The labors of the patriotic women connected with the or-

ganizations-Mrs. Eliza G. Plummer-Her faithful and abundant labors-Her death from

over exertion-Mrs. Mary B. Wade Her great age, and extraordinary services-Mrs. Ellen

J. Lowry-Mrs. Margaret Boyer-Other ladies and their constant and valuable labors-The

worthy ladies of the Cooper Shop Saloon............................................................................................

733-737

MRS. R. M. BIGELOW.

"Aunty Bigelow"-Mrs. Bigelow a native of Washington-Her services in the Indiana Hospital

in the Patent Office Building-"Hot cakes and mush and milk"-Mrs. Billing an associate

in Mrs. Bigelow's Labors-Mrs. Bigelow the almoner of many of the Aid Societies at the

North-Her skill and judgment in the distribution of supplies-She maintains a regular

correspondence with the soldier boys who have been under her care-Her house a "Home"

for the sick soldier or officer who asked that he might be sheltered and nursed there-She

welcomes with open doors the hospital workers from abroad-Her personal sorrows in

the midst of these labors...........

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738-740

MISS HATTIE R. SHARPLESS AND HER ASSOCIATES.

The Government Hospital Transports early in the war-Great improvements made in them at a

later period-The Government Transport Connecticut-Miss Sharpless serves as matron on

this for seventeen months-His previous labors in army hospitals at Fredericksburg, Falls

Church, Antietam and elsewhere-Her admirable adaptation to her work-A true Chris-

tian heroine-Thirty-three thousand sick and wounded men under charge on the Trans-

port-Her religious influence on the men-Miss Hattie S. Reifsnyder of Catawissa, Penn.

and Mrs. Cynthia Case of Newark, Ohio, her assistants are actuated by a si nilar spirit-Miss

W. F. Harris of Providence, R. I., also on the Transport, for some months, and previously in

the Indiana Hospital, in Ascension Church and Carver Hospital, and after leaving the Trans-

port at Harper's Ferry and Winchester-Her health much broken by her excessive labors—

Devotes herself to the instruction and training of the Freedmen after the close of the

741-743

war...

PART VI. LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR OTHER SERVICES IN

THE NATIONAL CAUSE.

MRS. ANNIE ETHERIDGE.

Mrs. Etheridge's goodness and purity of character-Her childhood and girlhood passed in Wis-

consin-She marries there-Return of her father to Michigan-She visits him and while

there joins the Second Michigan Regiment, to attend to its sick and wounded-Transferred

subsequently to the Third Regiment, and at the expiration of its term of service joins the

Fifth Michigan Regiment-She is in the skirmish of Blackburn's Ford and at the first bat-

tle of Bull Run-In hospital service-On a hospital transport with Miss Amy M. Bradley-

At the second battle of Bull Run-The soldier boy torn to pieces by a shot while she is

ministering to him-General Kearny's recognition of her services-Kearny's death prevents

her receiving promotion-At Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863-She leads in a skirmish, rides

along the front exhorting the men to do their duty, and finds herself under heavy fire-

An officer killed by her side and she herself slightly wounded-Her horse, wounded, runs

with her-She seeks General Berry and after a pleasant interview takes charge of a

rebel officer, a prisoner, whom she escorts to the rear-"I would risk my life for Annie, any

time"-General Berry's death-The wounded artillery-man-She binds up his wounds and

has him brought to the hospital-Touching letter-The retreating soldiers at Spottsylva-

nia-Annie remonstrates with them, and brings them back into the fight, under heavy

fire-Outside the lines, and closely pursued by the enemy-Hatcher's Run-She dashes

through the enemy's line unhurt-She receives a Government appointment at the close of

the war-Her modesty and diffidence of demeanor................

747-753

DELPHINE P. BAKER.

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Her birth and education-Character of her parents-Her lectures on the sphere and culture of
women-Her labors in Chicago in the collection and distribution of hospital supplies-
Her hospital work-Ill health-She commences the publication of "The National Banner"
first in Chicago, next in Washington and finally in New York-Its success but partial-Her
efforts long, persistent and unwearied, for the establishment of a National Home for
Soldiers-The bill finally passes Congress-Delay in organization-Its cause-Miss Baker
meantime endeavors to procure Point Lookout as a location for one of the National Soldiers'
Homes-Change in the act of incorporation-The purchase of the Point Lookout property
consummated.......

754-759

MRS. S. BURGER STEARNS.

A native of New York City-Her education at the State Normal School of Michigan-Her

marriage-Her husband a Colonel of volunteers-She visits the hospitals and devotes her-

self to lecturing in behalf of the Aid movement......

760

BARBARA FRIETCHIE.

Her age Her patriotism-Whittier's poem...........

761-763

MRS. HETTIE M. MCEWEN.

Of revolutionary lineage-Her devotion to the Union-Her defiance of Isham Harris' efforts to

have the Union flag lowered on her house-Mrs. Hooper's poem................................. 764–766

OTHER DEFENDERS OF THE FLAG.

Mrs. Effie Titlow-Mrs. Alfred Clapp-Mrs. Moore (Parson Brownlow's daughter)-Miss Alice

767-769

Taylor-Mrs. Booth-"Never surrender the flag to traitors.".

MILITARY HEROINES.

Those who donned the male attire not entitled to a place in our pages-Madame Turchin-Her

exploits-Bridget Divers-" Michigan Bridget" or "Irish Biddy"-She recovers her captain's

body, and carries it on her horse for fifteen miles through rebel territory-Returns after

the wounded, but is overtaken by the rebels while bringing them off and plundered of her

ambulance horses-Others soon after provided-Accompanies a regiment of the regular

army to the plains after the war-Mrs. Kady Brownell-Her skill as a sharp-shooter, and in

sword exercise-Color Bearer in the Fifth Rhode Island Infantry-A skillful nurse-Her

husband wounded-Discharged from the army in 1863......

770-774

THE WOMEN OF GETTYSBURG.

Mrs. Jennie Wade-Her loyalty and courage Her death during the battle-Miss Carrie Sheads,
Principal of Oak Ridge Seminary-Her preservation of Colonel Wheelock's sword-Her labors
in the care of the wounded-Her health impaired thereby-Miss Amelia Harmon-Her
patriotism and courage-"Burn the house if you will !”.

775-178

LOYAL WOMEN OF THE SOUTH.

Names of loyal Southern Women already mentioned-The loyal women of Richmond-Their

abundant labors for Union prisoners-Loyal women of Charleston-The Union League-Food

and clothing furnished-Loyalty and heroism of some of the negro women-Loyal women

of New Orleans-The names of some of the most prominent-Loyal women of the moun-

tainous districts of the south-Their ready aid to our escaping prisoners-Miss Melvina

Stevens-Malignity of some of the Rebel women-Heroism of Loyal women in East Tennes-

see, Northern Georgia and Alabama........

MISS HETTY A. JONES. By Horatio G.
By Horatio G. Jones, Esq.

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