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Woman's Work in the Civil War:
A RECORD
OF
HEROISM, PATRIOTISM AND PATIENCE
BY
L. P. BROCKETT, M.D.,
AND
MRS. MARY C. VAUGHAN.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION,
ILLUSTRATED WITH SIXTEEN STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
ZEIGLER, McCURDY & CO.,
R. H. CURRAN,
1867.
L. P. BROCKETT,
TO
The Loyal Women of America,
WHOSE PATRIOTIC CONTRIBUTIONS, TOILS AND SACRIFICES, ENABLED THEIR SISTERS, WHOSE HISTORY IS HERE RECORDED, TO MINISTER RELIEF AND CONSOLATION TO OUR WOUNDED AND SUFFERING HEROES;
AND WHO BY THEIR DEVOTION, THEIR LABORS, AND THEIR PATIENT ENDURANCE OF PRIVATION AND DISTRESS OF BODY AND SPIRIT, WHEN CALLED TO GIVE UP THEIR BELOVED ONES FOR THE
NATION'S DEFENSE,
HAVE WON FOR THEMSELVES ETERNAL HONOR, AND THE UNDYING REMEMBRANCE OF THE PATRIOTS OF ALL TIME,
WE DEDICATE THIS
VOLUME.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
FOOTNOTES:
Woman's Work in the Civil War.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
PART I.
SUPERINTENDENT OF NURSES.
DOROTHEA L. DIX
FOOTNOTES:
PART II.
LADIES WHO MINISTERED TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN CAMP, FIELD AND GENERAL HOSPITALS.
CLARA HARLOWE BARTON.[C]
FOOTNOTES:
HELEN LOUISE GILSON.
FOOTNOTES:
MRS. JOHN HARRIS.
MRS. ELIZA C. PORTER
MRS. MARY A. BICKERDYKE.
MARGARET E. BRECKINRIDGE.
FOOTNOTES:
MRS. STEPHEN BARKER
AMY M. BRADLEY
MRS. ARABELLA G. BARLOW.
MRS. NELLIE MARIA TAYLOR.
MRS. ADALINE TYLER.
MRS. WILLIAM H. HOLSTEIN.
MRS. CORDELIA A. P. HARVEY
MRS. SARAH R. JOHNSTON.
EMILY E. PARSONS.
MRS. ALMIRA FALES.
MISS CORNELIA HANCOCK.
MRS. MARY MORRIS HUSBAND.
HOSPITAL TRANSPORT SERVICE.
FOOTNOTES:
OTHER LABORS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL TRANSPORT CORPS.
KATHERINE P. WORMELEY
THE MISSES WOOLSEY.
FOOTNOTES:
ANNA MARIA ROSS.
ERECTED BY HER FRIENDS
ANNA M. ROSS,
Died, December 22, 1863.
MRS. G. T. M. DAVIS.
MISS MARY J. SAFFORD
MRS. LYDIA G. PARRISH.
MRS. ANNIE WITTENMEYER
MISS MELCENIA ELLIOTT.
MARY DWIGHT PETTES.
LOUISA MAERTZ.
MRS. HARRIET R. COLFAX.
MISS CLARA DAVIS.
MRS. R. H. SPENCER.
FOOTNOTES:
MRS. HARRIET FOOTE HAWLEY.
ELLEN E. MITCHELL.
MISS JESSIE HOME.
M. VANCE AND M. A. BLACKMAR.
H. A. DADA AND S. E. HALL.
MRS. SARAH P. EDSON.
MISS MARIA M. C. HALL.
FOOTNOTES:
THE HOSPITAL CORPS AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY HOSPITAL, ANNAPOLIS.
OTHER LABORS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ANNAPOLIS HOSPITAL CORPS.
MRS. A. H. AND MISS S. H. GIBBONS.
MRS. E. J. RUSSELL.
MRS. MARY W. LEE.
MISS CORNELIA M. TOMPKINS.
MRS. ANNA C. McMEENS.
MRS. JERUSHA R. SMALL.
MRS. S. A. MARTHA CANFIELD.
MRS. E. THOMAS, AND MISS MORRIS.
MRS. SHEPARD WELLS.
MRS. E. C. WITHERELL.
MISS PHEBE ALLEN.
MRS. EDWIN GREBLE.
MRS. ISABELLA FOGG.
MRS. E. E. GEORGE.
MRS. CHARLOTTE E. McKAY.
MRS. FANNY L. RICKETTS.
MRS. JOHN S. PHELPS.
MRS. JANE R. MUNSELL.
PART III.
LADIES WHO ORGANIZED AID SOCIETIES, AND SOLICITED, RECEIVED AND FORWARDED SUPPLIES TO THE HOSPITALS, DEVOTING THEIR WHOLE TIME TO THE WORK, ETC., ETC.
WOMAN'S CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF RELIEF
FOOTNOTES:
SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN OHIO
NEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION.
NORTHWESTERN SANITARY COMMISSION.
MRS. A. H. HOGE.
MRS. MARY A. LIVERMORE.
GENERAL AID SOCIETY FOR THE ARMY, BUFFALO.
MICHIGAN SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY
WOMEN'S PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH OF U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION.
WISCONSIN SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY.
PITTSBURG BRANCH, U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION.
MRS. ELIZABETH S. MENDENHALL.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
SAINT LOUIS LADIES' UNION AID SOCIETY.
LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA
WOMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND.
LADIES' UNION RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS OF BALTIMORE.
MRS. C. T. FENN.
MRS. JAMES HARLAN.
NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
PART IV.
LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR SERVICES AMONG THE FREEDMEN AND REFUGEES.
MRS. FRANCES D. GAGE.
MRS. LUCY GAYLORD POMEROY.
MARIA R. MANN.
SARAH J. HAGAR
MRS. JOSEPHINE R. GRIFFIN.
MRS. M. M. HALLOWELL.
OTHER FRIENDS OF THE FREEDMEN AND REFUGEES.
PART V.
LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR SERVICES IN SOLDIERS' HOMES, VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOONS, ON GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL TRANSPORTS, ETC.
MRS. O. E. HOSMER.
MISS HATTIE WISWALL.
MRS. LUCY E. STARR.
CHARLOTTE BRADFORD
UNION VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOON OF PHILADELPHIA.
FOOTNOTES:
MRS. R. M. BIGELOW.
MISS SHARPLESS AND ASSOCIATES.
PART VI.
LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR OTHER SERVICES IN THE NATIONAL CAUSE.
MRS. ANNIE ETHERIDGE
DELPHINE P. BAKER
MRS. S. BURGER STEARNS.
BARBARA FRIETCHIE.
MRS. HETTY M. McEWEN.
OTHER DEFENDERS OF THE FLAG.
MILITARY HEROINES.
THE WOMEN OF GETTYSBURG.
LOYAL WOMEN OF THE SOUTH.
MISS HETTY A. JONES.[N]
FOOTNOTES:
FINAL CHAPTER.
THE FAITHFUL BUT LESS CONSPICUOUS LABORERS.
INDEX
OF NAMES OF WOMEN WHOSE SERVICES ARE RECORDED IN THIS BOOK.
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