Woman's work in the civil war : a record of heroism, patriotism and patience / by L.P. Brockett and Mary C. Vaughan, with an introduction by Henry W. Bellows.

  • Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893.
Date:
1868
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Credit: Woman's work in the civil war : a record of heroism, patriotism and patience / by L.P. Brockett and Mary C. Vaughan, with an introduction by Henry W. Bellows. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Paob to the w Minded of Sedgwick Hospital—At Chancellorsville and Gettysburg—General Barlow again wounded, and in the enemy’s lines—She removes him and succors the wounded in the intervals of her care of him—In May, 1S64, she was actively engaged at Belle Plain, Fredericksburg, Port Royal, White House, and City Point—Her incessant labor brought on fever and caused her death July 27,1864—Tribute of the Sanitary Commission Bulletin, Dr. Lieber and others, to her memory 225-233 MRS. NELLIE MARIA TAYLOR. Parentage and early history—Removal to New Orleans—Her son urged to enlist in the rebel army—He is sent North—The rebels persecute Mrs. Taylor—Her dismissal from her posi- tion as principal of one of the city schools—Her house mobbed—“I am for the Union, tear my house down if you choose!”—Her house searched seven times for the flag—The Judge’s son—“ A piece of Southern chivalry”—Her son enlists in the rebel army to save her from molestation—New Orleans occupied by the Union forces—Mrs. Taylor reinstated as teacher— She nui'ses the soldiers in the hospitals, during her vacations and in all the leisure hours from her school duties, her daughter filling up the intermediate time with her services— She expends her entire salary upon the sick and wounded—Writes eleven hundred and seventy-four letters for them in one year—Distributes the supplies received from the Cin- cinnati Branch of Sanitary Commission in 1864, and during the summer takes the manage- ment of the special diet of the University Hospital—Testimony of the soldiers to her labors—Patriotism and zeal of her children—Terms on which Miss Alice Taylor -would pre- sent a confederate flag to a company 234-240 MRS. ADALINE TYLER. Residence in Boston—Removal to Baltimore—Becomes Superintendent of a Protestant Sister- hood in that city—Duties of the Sisterhood—The “ Church Home”—Other duties of “ Sister” Tyler—The opening of the war—The Baltimore mob—Wounding and killing members of the Sixth Massachusetts regiment—Mrs. Tyler hears that Massachusetts men are wounded and seeks admission to them—Is refused—She persists, and threatening an appeal to Gover- nor Andrew is finally admitted—She takes those most severely wounded to the “ Church Home,” procures surgical attendance for them, and nurses them till their recovery—Other Union wounded nursed by her—Receives the thanks of the Massachusetts Legislature and Governor—Is appointed Superintendent of the Camden Street Hospital, Baltimore—Resigns at the end of a year, and visits New York—The surgeon-general urges her to take charge of the large hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania—She remains at Chester till the hospital is broken up, when she is transferred to the First Division General Hospital, Naval Academy, Annapolis—The returned prisoners—Their terrible condition—Mrs. Tyler procures photo- graphs of them—Impaired health—Resignation—She visits Europe, and spends eighteen months there, advocating as she has opportunity the National cause—The fiendish rebel spirit—Incident relative to President Lincoln’s assassination 241-250 MRS. WILLIAM H. HOLSTEIN. Social position of Mr. and Mrs. Holstein—Early labors for the soldiers at home—The battle of Antietam—She goes with her husband to care for the wounded—Her first emotions at the sight of the wounded—Three years’ devotion to the service—Mr. and Mrs. Holstein devote themselves mainly to field hospitals—Labors at Fredericksburg, in the Second Corps Hos- pital Services after the battle of Chancellorsville—The march toward Pennsylvania in