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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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
Farentage 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
Loyal Southern womenMrs Johnstons birth and social positionHer interest in the Union
272
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
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
Misa 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
sutlerTake this bread and give it to that womanThe Sedgwick HospitalOrdering
480
NEW ENGLAND WOMENS AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION
553
Her birth and early educationHer marriageHer familyShe identifies herself from the
562
THE NORTHWESTERN SANITARY COMMISSION
566
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
596
The origin of the CommissionIts early laborsMrs Porters connection with itHer determi
603
The Milwaukie Ladies Soldiers Aid SocietyLabors of Mrs Jackson Mrs Delafield and others
607
MRS ELIZABETH S MENDENHALL
617
PAGE
621
ST LOUIS LADIES UNION AID SOCIETY
630
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
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 795800
795

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Page 758 - Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down; 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. 'Halt!
Page 757 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 567 - 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 758 - 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 Dies like a dog ! March on !
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 513 - ... from below, And angels wait above, Who count each burning life-drop's flow, Each falling tear of Love. Though from the Hero's bleeding breast Her pulses Freedom drew, Though the white lilies in her crest Sprang from that scarlet dew, — While Valor's haughty champions wait Till all their scars are shown, Love walks unchallenged through the gate, To sit beside the Throne ! X.
Page 757 - Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot into Frederick town. Forty flags with their silver stars, Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped in the morning wind: the sun Of noon looked down, and saw not one.
Page 765 - I have given to my country all I had to give — my husband — such a gift! Yet I have freely given him for freedom and my country.
Page 337 - inferior race,' you know ! We went over one night and listened for an hour, while they sang, collected under the fly of a tent, a table in the middle where the leader sat, and benches all round the sides for the congregation — men only, — all very black and very earnest.
Page 85 - 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.

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