MRS. R. M. BIGELOW.

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"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.............
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 ilar 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

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.....................

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

Taylor-Mrs. Booth--“ Never surrender the flag to traitors.”.
767-769

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!”.

775-778

LOYAL WOMEN OF THE SOUTH.

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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........................................................................ 779–782

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

Miss Jones' birth and lineage-She aids in equipping the companies of Union soldiers organized

in her own neighborhood-Her services in the Filbert Street Hospital-Death of her

brother-Visit to Fortress Monroe-She determines to go to the front and attaches herself

to the Third Division, Second Corps, Hospital at City Point-Has an attack of Pleurisy--On

her recovery resumes her labors-Is again attacked and dies on the 21st of December, 1864-

Her happy death-Mourning of the convalescent soldiers of the Filbert Street Hospital

over her death...

783-786

FINAL CHAPTER.

THE FAITHFUL BUT LESS CONSPICUOUS LABORERS.

The many necessarily unnamed-Ladies who served at Antietam, Point Lookout, City Point or

Naval Academy Hospital, Annapolis-The faithful workers at Benton Barracks Hospital, St.

Louis-Miss Lovell, Miss Bissell, Mrs. Tannehill, Mrs. R. S. Smith, Mrs. Gray, Miss Lane,

Miss Adams, Miss Spaulding, Miss King, Mrs. Day-Other nurses of great merit appointed

by the Western Sanitary Commission-Volunteer visitors in the St. Louis Hospitals-Ladies

who ministered to the soldiers in Quincy, and in Springfield, Illinois-Miss Georgiana Wil-

lets, Misses Molineux and McCabe-Ladies of Cincinnati who served in the hospitals-Mrs.

C. J. Wright, Mrs. Starbuck, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Woods and Mrs. Caldwell-Miss E. L. Porter

of Niagara Falls-Boston ladies-Mrs. and Miss Anna Lowell, Mrs. O. W. Holmes, Miss

Stevenson, Mrs. S. Loring, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Brimmer, Miss Rogers, Miss Felton.-Louisville,

Ky. Mrs. Bishop Smith and Mrs. Menefee-Columbus, Ohio-Mrs. Hoyle, Mrs. Ide, Miss

Swayne-Mrs. Seward of Utica-Mrs. Corven, of Hartford, Conn-Miss Long, of Rochester-

Mrs. Farr, of Norwalk, Ohio-Miss Bartlett, of the Soldiers' Aid Society, Peoria, Ill-Mrs. Rus-

sell and Mrs. Comstock, of Michigan, Mrs. Dame, of Wisconsin-Miss Bucklin, of Auburn,

N. Y.-Miss Louise M. Alcott, of Concord, Mass.-Miss Penfield, of Michigan-The Misses

Rexford of Illinois-Miss Sophia Knight, of South Reading, Mass., a faithful laborer among

the Freedmen...........................

INDEX OF NAMES OF LADIES....

787-794

......... 795-800