Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism and Patience, Part 1

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Zeigler, McCurdy & Company, 1867 - Dummies (Bookselling) - 799 pages
Sketches of the heroism of individual women of the Union reveal the strong contributions of northern women to the Civil War.

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Contents

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
Farentage and early historyRemoval to New OrleansHer son urged to enlist in the rebel
240
MRS WILLIAM H HOLSTEIN
251
MRS SARAH R JOHNSTON
269
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
The organization of this service by the United States Sanitary CommissionDifficulties
315
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
Her birth and parentageHer residence in Germany and SwitzerlandHer fondness for study
390
MISS DOROTHEA L DIX
392
CLARA DAVIS
400
Mrs Hawley accompanies her husband Colonel Hawley to South CarolinaTeaching the freed
416
JESSIE HOME
422
Miss Vance a missionary teacher before the warAppointed by Miss Dix to a Baltimore hos
429
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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
MRS A H AND MISS S H GIBBONS
467
MRS E J RUSSELL
477
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 MARY A LIVERMORE
576
GENERAL AID SOCIETY FOR THE ARMY BUFFALO
590
tifarious laborsThe Military Hospitals in DetroitThe Soldiers Home in Detroit
596
THE WISCONSIN SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY By Rev J G Forman
607
MRS ELIZABETH S MENDENHALL
617
PAGE
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
The loyal record of the men and women of Berkshire CountyMrs Fenns history and position
665
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
MRS JOSEPHINE R GRIFFIN
707
Mrs Harris laborsMiss Tyson and Mrs BeckMiss Jane Stuart WoolseyMrs Governor
713
MRS O E HOSMER
719
MISS HATTIE WISWALL
725
MISS CHARLOTTE BRADFORD
731
PAGE
738
MRS ANNIE ETHERIDGE
747
Her birth and educationCharacter of her parentsHer lectures on the sphere and culture
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 795800
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Page 759 - Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved it well ; And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night. Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er, And the Rebel rides on his raids no more. Honor to her ! and let a tear Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier.
Page 758 - It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word; "Who touches a hair of yon gray head...
Page 757 - Fair as a garden of the Lord To the eyes of the famished rebel horde On that pleasant morn of the early fall When Lee marched over the mountain wall, Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot into Frederick town.
Page 758 - In her attic window the staff she set. To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the Rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight. 0 Halt! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast •Fire!
Page 571 - Come, humble sinner, in whose breast A thousand thoughts revolve; Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed, And make this last resolve. 2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin Hath like a mountain rose, I know His courts, I'll enter in Whatever may oppose.
Page 325 - I am not eager, bold, Nor strong — all that is past; I am ready not to 'do At last, at last. My half day's work is done, And this is all my part ; I give a patient God My patient heart, And grasp His banner still, Though all its blue be dim ; These stripes, no less than stars, Lead after Him.
Page 137 - One afternoon, just before the evacuation, when the atmosphere of our rooms was close and foul, and all were longing for a breath of our cooler northern air, while the men were moaning in pain, or were restless with fever, and our hearts were sick with pity for the sufferers, I heard a light step upon the stairs; and looking up I saw a young lady enter, who brought with her such an atmosphere of calm and cheerful courage, so much freshness, such an expression of gentle, womanly sympathy, that her...
Page 83 - I prefer to give you money, if it will do as much good." " Very well ;. then give money, which we need badly, and without which we cannot do what is most necessary for our brave sick men." " Then I will give you the entire earnings of the next two weeks. I'd give more, but I have to help support my mother, who is an invalid. Generally, I make but one vest a day, but I will work earlier and later these two weeks.
Page 84 - Opening her portemonnaie, she counted out — how much do you think, reader? — nineteen dollars and thirty-seven cents ! Every penny was earned by the slow needle, and she had stitched away into the hours of midnight, on every one of the working days of the week. We call that an instance of patriotism married to generosity. SOME farmers...
Page 327 - ... was managed at first : The surgeons left in care of the wounded three or four miles out from the town, went up and down among the men in the morning, and said, 'Any of you boys who can make your way to the cars can go to Baltimore.' So off start all who think they feel well enough ; anything better than the 'hospitals,' so called, for the first few days after a battle.

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