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Give  her  the  soldier's  rite  ! 
She  fought  the  hardest  fight ; 
Not  in  the  storm  of  battle, 
W here  the  drum's  exultant  rattle. 
The  onset's  maddening  Xiell, 
The  scream  of  shot  and  shell. 
And  the  trumpets  clangor  soaring 
Over  the  cannons  roaring. 
Thrilled  every)  ccin  with  fire, 
A  nd  combat  J  mad  desire  ; 
She  fought  her  fight  alone. 
To  the  sound  of  dying  groan  ; 
..    The  sob  of  failing  breath. 
".•'.  The  reiellie  of  death  , 
•  **  She  fticed  the  last  of  foes, 
.**.  '.'i'hc'Ti'orst  of. mortal  Woes 


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The  solitude  of  dying. 
The  hearts  for  kindred  crying  ; 
By  the  soldier's  lonely  bed 
In  the  midnight  dark  and  dread, 
'Mid  the  wounded  and  the  dead. 
With  lifeblood  pouring  red. 
The  cries  of  rvoe  and  fear. 
Rending  the  watcher's  ear, 
The  hovering  wings  of  death, 
Fluttered  by  dving  breath. 
There  was  her  truthful  eve, 
Her  smiles  sweet  bravery. 
Her  strong  Word  to  impart 
Peace  to  the  fainting  heart 

ROSE  TERRY  COOK. 


®lir  National  Aaanriattnn   irf  Arnttr   NnvBtz  nf  ($\\?  (Until  War 

IKatr  ill-  §>rntt,  National  ^rrrrtanj. 


(7T  HE  question  has  been  asked,  "Why  are  those  old  Army     VJs^-t 

Nurses  feted  and  cared    for    so   tenderly    at   the   National   Encamp- 
ments of  the  G.  A.  R.?      What  good  can  they  do   for  the  Grand   Army? 

7T\  HIS  question  we  leave  for  the  veterans  themselves  to  answer.  They  will 
tell  you  that  in  the  grey- haired,  bent  forms  of  these  veteran  nurses  many 
of  them  recognize  the  gentle  face  upon  which  their  eyes  rested  when  they 
first  opened  after  the  work  of  the  surgeon's  knife  was  done;  or  the  cool  hands 
that  smoothed  the  fevered  brow  or  held  the  cooling  drink  to  the  parched  lips. 
These  are  the  women  who,  in  their  early  womanhood,  filled  with  the  same 
patriotism  that  sent  to  the  defense  of  the  flag  their  husbands,  fathers,  brothers, 
and  lovers,  went  to  the  front  to  care  for  the  sick  and  wounded. 

ij  T  can  scarcely  be  realized  in  this  age,  when  the  glorious  Red  Cross,  with 
its  perfect  system  of  trained  nurses,  has  made  the  vocation  of  a  nurse  an 
honorable  one,  when  our  Government  is  employing  women  as  nurses,  what 
nerve  and  patriotic  devotion  it  took  for  the  young  women  of  the  sixties  to 
brave  public  opinion  and  enlist  for  hospital  and  field  service. 

A    T  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War,  Dorothy  Dix,  that  grand  "  Angel   of 
Mercy,"  offered  her  services  to  the  Government,  and  was  appointed   to 
enroll  women  for  hospital  nurses;  but  as  she   would   take  none  under  thirty 
years  of  age,    scores  of   young   matrons    and    maidens  who   had   seen    their 
loved  ones  march  to  the  front,  offered  their  services  independently,  and  were 
enrolled  by  surgeons,  generals  and   colonels    of   regiments,    serving 
without  pay  and  rendering   heroic    service.       The    history    of    the 
nurses  of  the  Civil  War  has  been  an  almost  unwritten  one.      When 
the  war  closed  they  went  quietly  to    their    homes,     and    took    up 
again  the  daily  routine  of  woman's  work. 

■jj    N   1881    Miss  Dix  invited  all  nurses  whom  she  could   reach    to 
meet  her  in  Washington,  and    many    responded.       An    organ- 
ization was  formed,     called    the    Ex- Nurse's    Association    of    the 
District  of  Columbia,  to  meet  each    year    in    Washington.        Miss 


Dix  was  elected  president  for  life,  but  in  1887  her  busy  life  ended,  and 

Dr.  Susan  Edson  succeeded  her.      She  soon  resigned,  and  Miss  Harriet 

P.  Dame  filled  the  office  until  she  too  folded  her  hands,  her  work  being  done. 

9V  T  the  Encampment  in  1892,  there  were  quite  a  number  of  Nurses  at 
Washington,  and  as  not  nearly  all  were  members  of  the  District 
Association,  Mrs.  Addie  L.  Ballou  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  called  them 
together  and  organized  the  National  Association  of  Army  Nurses  of  the 
Late  War,  with  thirty-five  members.  Mrs.  Ballou  was  elected  president 
and  Miss  Hancock  of  Philadelphia  secretary.  The  Association  was  to 
meet  at  each  National  Encampment. 

iJil  RS.  Ballou  was  too  far  away  to  attend  the  two  following  Encamp- 
ments, and  the  little  society  held  no  convention,  but  when  the  National 
Encampment  was  held  in  1895  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  Mrs.  Emily  E. 
Woodley  of  Philadelphia,  at  the  request  of  comrades  of  the  G.  A.  R., 
called  the  nurses  present  together  and  re-organized  the  Association.  By-laws 
and  rules  and  regulations  were  adopted,  and  Mrs.  Woodley  was  elected 
National  President  and  the  document  containing  the  formation  of  the 
Association  was  registered  before  a  notary  public  in  Louisville.  Mrs. 
Woodley  was  continued  as  president  for  three  years  and  did  much  to 
establish  and  strengthen  the  organization. 

TTT  HE  object  of  the  Association  is  to  keep  green  the  memories 
of  those  days  of  civil  strife,  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  in  its  efforts  to  perpetuate  the  grand  principles 
for  which  the  boys  in  blue  fought  and  died,  to  seek  out  and  aid 
unfortunate  and  needy  nurses,  and  assist  in  procuring  pensions. 
TTT  HOSE  admitted  to  membership  must  be  women  of  good 
moral  character,  who  served  at  least  three  months  as  a  regular 
or  volunteer  nurse.  Applications  for  membership  must  be  en- 
dorsed by  the  applicant's  nearest  Post  of  the  G.  A.  R. 


A   I   Cincinnatti   n  1901  the  title  of  the  Association  was  changed  to  National 

Association  of  Army  Nurses  of  the  Qvil  War.  instead  of  the  "Lair 
War,"  to  distinguish  it  from  the  National  Association  o(  Nurses  ot  the 
Spanish- American   War. 

Til   \    Act  of  Congress  in    IH92  all   nurses  who  were  employed  and  paid  b) 

the  Government  are  entitled  to  .1   pension  ot  twelve  dollars  ($1-)  |*'r 

month,  but  no  pension  is  allowed  the  voluntea  nurses,  who  rendered  equally 

good  service  and  endured  the  dangers  and  disiotntorts  ol  Camp  and  field  A 
bill,  however,  is  before  Congress  which  it  is  hoped  will  be  passed  and  which 
will  place  the  volunteer  on  an  equal  basis  with  the  regular  nurses. 

iU    \     Act  of  Congress,  all   nurses  ol   tlie  (  ivil   War  are  entitled    U>    burial    in 

National  Cemeteries,  and  several  sleep  the  last  deep  at  beautiful  Arlington 

TjT  HE  first  organization  of  nurses  ol  the  Civil  War  was  the  \  eteran  Nurses 
Association,  which  was  formed  in   Philadelphia  dunng  the  war.      I  his 
was    succeeded    by   the   Andrew   G.    (  uitin    Nurse  Corps  ol    Philadelphia, 
which  was  disbanded  July   191(1 

4XI     \SSAC1  IL'SL  I   IS  also  has   a   State   society,    which    meets   regularly 
at  the  State  House.      It  has  a  membership  of  about    thirty. 

7T  I  IE  following  named  ladies  have  succeeded  Mrs.  Ballon  and  Mrs.  Wood- 
ley   as    National    Presidents:     Mrs.    Elizabeth     Ewiag    ol     1'ninsylvania 


(deceased),  Mrs.  .Ada  Johnson  ot  Missouri  (two  terms),  Mrs.  Delia  A.  B. 
Fay  of  New  York,  Mrs.  Margaret  Hamilton  of  Massachusetts,  Mrs.  Addie 
L.  Ballon  of  California,  Mrs.  f-anny  T.  Hazen  of  Massachusetts,  (two  terms), 
\1-  (  larissa  f" .  Dve  ol  Pennsylvania  (two  terms),  and  Mrs.  Rebecca  S. 
Smith  of  Minnesota 

Ty  1  IE  officers  chosen  at  the  convention  were:  National  President.  Mary  E. 
Lacy,  Salt  Lake  City,  L  tah;  Senior  Vice-President.  Catherine  L.  Taylor, 
New  York  City.  N.  Y  .  Junior  Vice-President,  Hannah  J.  Starbird,  Reno, 
Nev.;  National  Treasurer.  Salome  M.  Stewart,  Gettysburg.  Pa.;  National 
Chaplin.  I  iannah  U.  Maxon.  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  (deceased);  National  Con- 
ductor,  Mary  E.  Squire,  Sheboygan.  Wis.;  National  Guard,  Elizabeth  Chap- 
man. East  St.  Louis.  III.;  National  Secretary.  Kate  M.  Scott,  Brookville, 
Pa.;  National  Counsellor.  Rebecca  S.  Smith,  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  National 
Aide  and  Clnrl  ol  Staff  .Lettie  E.  C.  Buckley,  Chicago,  111.;  Surgeon, Nancy 
M.  Hill,  Dubuque.  Iowa  .  Coloi  Bearer.  Susanna  Krips,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 

A  I  Toledo  Ohio,  in  I90H.  Latavelte  Post.  G.  A.  R..  of  New  York 
(  1 1  v .  presented  an  elegant  silk  flag  to  the  .Association,  which  will  wave 
a  salute  to  the  veterans  at  Allantu  City  as  they  march  in  review  and  as  long 
as  the  G.  A.  R.  and  Nurses  ot  the  Civil  Wai  have  enough  veterans  left  to 
meet  at  Encampments. 


■w^^m^Tm^^^ 


A  ^fjmtgfyt 


PRIOR  to  1901 ,  when  Col.  F.  M.  Sterrett  look  the  jlssociation  in  charge,  it  Was  not  enter- 
tained at  the  National  Encampment,  as  a  body,  nor  seats  provided  for  reviewing  the  parade, 
but  since  that  time  the  Nurses  of  the  Civil  War  have  been  handsomely  entertained  by  each 
City  where  the  National  Encampment  is  held,  at  good  hotels,  and  every  attention  given  to 
each  and  all  of  them.  Jit  Cleveland,  Washington  City,  San  Francisco,  Boston,  Denver, 
Minneapolis,  Saratoga  Springs,  Toledo  and  Salt  Lake  City,    the  Association   Was   largely 

represented  for  such  a  small  organization.      Col.  Sterrett  at  each  Encampment  has  given  personal  attention  to  their  pleasure  and 

comfort  endearing  him  to  all  these  women  Veterans  of  the  sixties. 

The  following  correspondence  will  explain  how  this  little  booklet  came  into  existence.  It  being  the  idea  of  Col.  Sterrett 
to  give  this  tribute  to  the  National  Association  of  Nurses  of  the  Civil  War.  The  Correspondence  between  Col.  Sterrett  and 
Miss  Kate  M.  Scott,  National  Secretary  of  the  Association,  gives  this  in  full. 


Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  March  17,  1910 


Dear  Miss  Scott, - 


If  possible  for  you  to  procure  a  photograph  of  each 
of  the  Army  Nurses,  with  a  statement  of  age  and  service,  com- 
piled in  a  paragraph  and  send  same  to  me,  I  would  like  to  use 
it  in  a  booklet  to  which,  I  presume  they  would  not  object. 

I  know  the  question  of  age  with  a  lady  is  usually 
hedged  with  some  hesitancy  in  answering,  but  since  each  of  you 
served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion  which  commenced,  lacking 
one  year,  fifty  years  ago,  the  presumption  is  that  none  of  you 
will  answer  to  less  than  three-score  and  ten,  and  at  that  age 
there  will  not  be  much  hesitancy  in  answering  this  usually 
delicate  question  of  age. 


Miss  Kate  M.  Scott, 
296  Jefferson  St., 
Brookville,  Pa. 


Very  truly, 

(  Signed  )  F.  M.  STERRETT, 
Executive  Director. 


P.  S.      If  you  undertake  and  complete  this  work  I  shall   like   to 
print  above  letter  and  your  reply  to  the  same. 


Brookville,  Pa.,  March  20th     1910. 
Col.  F.  M.  Sterrett, 

Executive  Director  G.  A.  R.  Encampment, 
Atlantic  City,  N.  J., 
My  Dear  Col.  Sterrett,  - 

Your  favor  of  17th  inst.  received,  and  I  am  at  a  loss 
how  to  reply,  for  while  I  appreciate  the  honor  you  have  in  view 
for  our  Association  and  the  pleasure  it  would  give  the  Nurses, 
I  fear  I  cannot  secure  photos  and  data  for  personal  sketches  in 
time  for  your  purpose. 

I  could  however,  send  to  each  one  a  circular  letter 
asking  for  her  photo  and  facts  in  regard  to  her  service,  as  will 
be  necessary  to  use  in  the  preparation  of  the  contemplated 
work . 

Fraternally  yours, 

(Signed")  Kate  M.  ScoTT. 


Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  March  24th  1910 

Dear  Miss  Scott, - 

Yours  of  the  20th  inst.  at  hand.  I  wish  you  would 
write  to  each  of  the  nurses  on  your  Roster  telling  them  of  my 
plan  to  have  each  of  their  photographs  in  a  little  booklet  for 
distribution  at    the    44th    National    Encampment,   and   say 


to 


them.  tli.it  the  photographs  must  reach  me  b)  the  first  daj  ol 
June,  and  that  those  which  reach  me  later  than  that  date,  can- 
not be  used.  Iii  this  w;i\  the}  could  blame  onh  themselves  it 
the  photographs  and  biographical  paragraph  did  not  appear, 
[f  vim  will  kindl}  take  this  matter  u]>  .it  once  and  send  me  the 
fust  of  the  work,  I  will  take  pleasure  in  remitting  you  the 
amount. 


FMS-K 

Miss  Kate  M    Scott 
296  Jefferson  Si., 
Brookville,  Pa 


Praternallj  , 

n>  .1      1      M     Ml  R.R]  1  r 
Executive  I  >ir<  ctor 


Brook\  illt.  Pa     March  29th  roio 


Dear  Colonel  Sterretl 

Replying  to  your  favor  of  the  24th  m-t  .    1    wish    to 
assure  you  that  1  will  il<>  mj  U-st  to  help  you  <>tit  in    obtaining 

data  for  the  Nurses    1 klet    and    my    idea    is    to   send    out    .1 

circular  lettei  to  <  ich  memh  ir  Association,  asking   them 

to  send  you  what  you  desire,     Please  let  me  know  size  of  p 
and  jusi  liow  much  space  will  be  allotted  to  ea<  h  one. 

I  will  make  it  plain  that  no  length}    biograph}    will 
■  Usui, nil,  and  that  nothing  will  be  considered  after  June  tst. 

Please  let  me  know  whether  you  approve  of  this  plan 

Fraternallj  yours 

in  .1     K  VTE   M     Scon 


Atlantii  \    J     April  tst 

Dear  .Miss  S<  ott,- 

Yours  <>t'  the  29th  ult.  at  hand,  Your  plan  of  writ- 
ing a  circular  letter  to  each  of  the  Nurses  with  the  series  of 
questions  mentioned  is  just  right,  and  it'  you  desire  t<>  employ 
someone  to  address  ana  mail  the  envelopes,  of  course  you 
should  do  so,  Simply  render  the  bill  and  I  will  send  you 
check  for  same.  Those  who  do  not  reply,  will  have  them- 
selves to  thank  for  being  left  out.     I  would  s.u    to   the    nurses 


that  the}  should  comprehend  their  little  biograph    within    roo 
words  and  in  n,>  case  more  than  [50  will  be  used 


FMS-K 

Miss  Kate  M    Scott, 

296   Jl    III    I  sell    St 

Brookville,  Pa 


Fraternally, 

-  .in  .1      1  .    M.   ST]  kki  it. 
Executh  e  I  director. 


(  o]    1      M    Stt  rretl 

Atlantic  Cit}  .  N    J 
1  »ear  Sir 

Your  letter  just  received,  and  with  its  arrival  .onus 
the  letter  I  am  sending  out,  which  I  will  enclose  for 
your  inspection  I  did  not  think  of  having  a  stenographer, 
but  as  the  quickest  and  for  me  easiest  method  was  to  have 
the  letters  printed,  1  have  done  so,  and  expect  to  have  all 
read}  to  mail  b}  Monday,  but  will  hold  these  until  I  hear 
from  }  on. 

I    thought    b}     confining     them     to    the     questions 
asked.  I  would  get  uniform  answers. 

If  you  wish  anything  added  or  have  am    suggestions 

to  1, tfei.  as   I  .mi    under    \  our    orders.     I     will     hold     the    letters 

until  I  hear  from  5  ou. 

1  raternall}  . 

K  \TI       M       SCI  NT 


Kr.  .ok\  die.  Pa.,  April  s.   [910 


I  am  in  receipt  of  a  Utter  from  Col  1-  M  Sterrett, 
Executive  Director  nth  National  Encampment,  G.  A.  R.,  ask- 
ing that  each  member  of  the  Arm}  Nurses  Association  furnish 
him  with  a  photograph  and  information  regarding  service,  etc. 
for  publication  in  the  Encampment  booklet.  This  informotion 
and  photograph  must  be  in  the  hands  of  Col.  Sterrett  on  or  be- 
June  ist.  No  Liter  communications  will  be  considered 
I  am,  therefore,  attaching  to  this  letter   a    blank   which   when 


filled  out  by  you  will  give  information  desired.  Fill  it  <  ut  at 
once,  if  possible,  and  enclose  with  photograph,  mailing  direct 
to  Col.  Sterrett,  at  the  address  given  below. 

Fraternally  yours, 

(Signed)  Kate  M.  Scott, 
National  Secretary,  Association  Army  Nurses. 


Col.  P.  M.  Sterrett, 

Atlantic  and  New  York  Avenues, 
Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 
Dear  Sir,- 

The  information  herewith  is  sent  you  at  the  request  of 
Kate  M.  Scott,  National  Secretary  Army  Nurses  of  the  Civil 
War,  for  use  in  the  encampment  publication. 

Name 

Present  Address 

Age 

Name  under  which  service  was  given 

Length  of  service  Where  ? 


Volunteer  or  regular  ? 

Are  you  receiving  a  pension  ?. 


Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  April  8th  1910 

Dear  Miss  Scott, - 

Yours  of  the  2nd  inst.  at  hand.        I    think    your  cir- 
cular letter  all  right,  and  advise  them  to  he  sent  out  at  once  in 
order  that  we  may  give  them  as  much  time  to  answer  as  possible 
in  the  prescribed  time. 
FMS-K.  Very  truly, 

F.    M.   STERRETT, 
Miss  Kate  M.  Scott,  Executive  Director. 

Brookville,  Pa. 


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ittni.  A&Mf  '€.  Ballou 


Past    PsJatiomal      F* 


IV  I      S![)l      MT 


Mrs.  Ballou.  at  the  beginning  <>l  the  (  ivil  War,  offered  her  lenrice*  to  the 
Governor  of  Wisconsin.  She  began  her  service  as  nurse  in  camp  for  the 
sick  of  the  Thirty-Second  NX  isconsin  mlanlry  at  Oshkosh.  and  later  was 
commissioned  by  Surgeon  General  Walcott  a(  Milwaukee.  When  the 
regiment  reached  Tennessee  she  was  sent  with  255  sick  soldiers  to  Keokuk, 
Iowa.  On  the  return  of  her  regiment  to  Memphis  she  served  in  the 
hospital  barracks,  and  General  Forrester's  Church  nursing  hundreds  through 
a  terrible  epidemic. 

Mrs.  Ballou  has  resided  for  a  number  of  years  at  San  Francisco,  where 
she  has  won  distinction  as  an  artist  and  i-  well  known  in  journalism.  She 
is  a  forceful,  earnest  speaker  having  published  a  much  praised  volume  of 
poems  entitled    "Driftwood." 

Mrs.  Ballou  lost  everything  in  the  earthquake  and  fire  at  San  Francisco 
and  was  subsequently  hurt  by  a  fall  from  a  crowded   street  car. 


iiini.   Emily   E.   lUimMru 

Past    National    Preside  nt 

Mrs.  Woodley,  in   1895  at  Louisville,   Kentucky,  reorganized  the  National 

\ssoiiation  of  Nurses  of  the  Civil    War    at    the    request    of    members   of    the 

Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  as   the   association    was    practically  disbanded 

owing  to  the  inability  <>l  Mrs.  Ballou.  the  National  President,  elected  in  1892, 

to  be  present. 

Mrs.  Woodley  had  fitted  herself  for  the  work  during  the  Cholera  epi- 
demic in  Philadelphia,  and  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  she  at  once  went 
to  the  front,  enlisting  May  29th,  1861,  doing  excellent  service  until  she  was 
discharged  May  26th,    1865. 

She  served  on  the  field  with  the  Potomac  Army  and  also  in  the  west. 
During  the  war  she  was  known  as  "Mother  Wilson,"  by  which  she  is  held 
in  loving  remembrance  by  many  whom  she  cared  for  during  her  service  of 
four  years.      She  served  as  National  President  from    1895  to   1898. 

Her   whole   heart   was   in   the   work   and   she  did    much  to  build   up    the 

organization.     She  died  at  her  home  in  Philadelphia,  May  15.  1908.      Mrs. 

Woodley  s  last  meeting  with    the    Association    was    at    the  Encampment    at 
Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y..    in    1907. 


fflre.  iEltHaluil)  UntiirU  lEro'mrj 

Past   National    President 

Mrs.  Ewing  was  elected  National  President  of  the  Association  at  Cinn., 
Ohio  in  1898  and  served  one  year.  Her  husband,  who  was  a  member  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Reserves,  having  been  wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  Va. 
and  sent  to  the  U.  S.  Hospital  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  she  at  once  went  to 
nurse  him  leaving  her  young  babe  with  her  mother.  After  her  husband 
recovered,  she  offered  her  services  and  was  enrolled  as  a  nurse  by  the 
Surgeon  in  charge  of  the  U.  S.  General  Hospital,  West  Building,  Baltimore, 
in  Oct.   1862  and  was  discharged  in  Sept.   1863. 

Mrs.  Ewing's  hardest  work  was  caring  for  the  Union  Soldiers  who  were 
brought  from  Southern  prisons  many  of  them  so  starved  and  emaciated  that 
she  had  to  feed  them  like  little  babes.  She  also  nursed  many  confederate 
Prisoners. 

Mrs.  Ewing  died  at  her  home  in  Phoenixville,  Pa.,  in  1905,  after  a  long 
and  painful  illness. 


iKtHB  &ha  3nl]munt 

Past    National    President 

Miss  Johnson  was  elected  National  President  at  Philadelphia  in  1899 
and  served  two  years. 

When  the  war  broke  out  she  was  teaching  school  at  her  home  in  Con- 
neaut,  Ohio,  but  at  once  offered  her  services  to  Miss  Dorothy  Dix,  and  was 
accepted.  She  served  in  the  hospital  in  St.  Louis,  nursing  the  worst  cases  of 
wounded  from  the  battlefield  of  Wilson's  Creek,  Springfield  and  Donaldson, 
also  on  the  first  hospital  boat  on  the  Mississippi  river  making  scores  of   trips. 

She  went  after  the  wounded  at  Corinth  in  a  cattle  car,  her  last  service  was 
at  Camp  Joe  Holt,  opposite  Louisville,  Ky.  She  remained  until  peace  was 
declared,  when  she  returned  to  St.  Louis. 

Miss  Johnson's  term  of  service  was  probably  longest  of  any  Civil  War 
Nurse.  She  enlisted  in  August  1861,  and  served  until  November  1865, 
over  four  years. 

After  the  war  she  taught  school  for  thirty  years  in  St.  Louis.  She  died 
January  10,  1910.  Miss  Johnson  was  a  cousin  of  Major  E.  S.  Johnson, 
Superintendent  of  Lincoln  Park  and  Lincoln  Tomb,  Springfield,  III.,  and 
was  an  honorary  member  of  the  Seventh  Illinois  Vol.  infantry. 


ittm.  Drlia  A.  ill.  3Fai| 

Pakt    National    Put   moent 

She  marched  with  her  regiment  and  went  on  every  battlefield  in  which  it 
was  engaged,  caring  (or  the  wounded  in  the  face  of  shot  and  shell 

Mrs.  Fay,  in  the  summer  of  1864,  was  exposed  to  the  heaviest  fire  at 
Drury  s  Bluff.  Forty  of  her  regiment  were  killed  and  many  wounded.  She 
escaped  unhurt. 

Mrs.  Fay  after  the  war  closed,  was  offered  a  Major's  Commission  by  the 
Governor  of  New  York  but  declined  the  honor. 

She  was  afterwards  in  the  Yorktown  Hospital  until  the  (  ,t\  m  ,1- 
evacuated.  She  distributed  supplies  at  Hampton  Hospital  from  June  I  i. 
1865  until  her  regiment  was  mustered  out.  She  cared  for  her  blind  hus- 
band, caused  by  wounds,  until  he  died.      She  died  May  27,   1908. 


fflra.  ittanuuTt  ifiaiuiltim 

Pa^-st  National  Phesioent 
Mn  I  l.unilton  was  born  in  Rochester,  N.  Y..  Oct.  19,  1840.  I  lei 
mother  died  in  1857  and  three  years  later  she  became  with  her  father  s 
nl  ,i  -i-ler  of  charity  and  after  thorough  preparation  was  sent  to  teach 
in  the  Orphan  Asylum  at  Albany.  N.  Y.  In  the  Spring  of  1862  she  was 
sent  with  three  other  ^i<ler^  to  the  Satterlea  U.  S.  Hospital  at  Philadelphia, 
her  hr^l  duties  being  to  care  for  the  wounded  from   Chickamauga. 

For  three  years  she  did  excellent  service  after  which  she  left  the  sisterhood 
and  married  a  soldier  of  the  nineteenth  Maine  Volunteers.  She  is  now  a 
widow  and  resides  at  Wakefield.  She  served  as  National  President  of  the 
Nurses'  Association  in   I'XH      San  Francirco.      She  receives  a  pension. 


iflkfl.  Jfatuuf  (Uttitfl  2ja2ru 

Past    National.    President 
Mrs.  Fanny  Titus    Hazen    is    the    granddaughter    of    a    soldier    of    the 
Revolution  and  was  born  in  Vershire,  Vt.  May  2,   1 840. 

When  she  tried  to  enlist  as  a  nurse,  Miss  Dix  would  not  accept  her  on 
account  of  her  youth,  but  she  had  two  brothers  seventeen  and  eighteen 
years  old  in  the  service  and  she  begged  to  stay.  Miss  Dix  sent  her  to  the 
Columbian  Hospital,  Washington,  where  she  served  until  it  was  closed,  June 
27,  1865. 

Her  youngest  brother  was  one  of  the  wounded  brought  to  her  from  the 
battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  Va. 

Mrs.  Hazen  is  a  Past  National  President  of  the  National  Association, 
Nurses  Civil  War  and  President  of  the  Massachusetts  Association.  She 
receives  a  pension.      Her  address  is  61  Oxford  St.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


Mts.  (Elarun»a  3F.  thir 


Past   National    President 
In   1862  was  Miss  Clarissa  F.  Jones  engaged  in  teaching  but  devoted   her 
vacation  to  field  and   hospital  work  in  company  with  Miss  Marie   McClillan 
of  Germantown,  Pa. 

In  1862,  on  the  Steamer  Maine,  then  with  a  pass  from  Miss  Dix  to  Alex- 
andria, Va.  and  then  to  the  Lyceum  Military  Hospitals  until  Oct.  1862. 
She  reached  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg  in  December  ahead  of  all  others. 
In  1863  she  nursed  in  the  Second  Corps  Hospital  at  Gettysburg,  having 
charge  of  the  Confederate  wounded.  From  Gettysburg  to  Rapahannock 
from  which  place  she  conducted  supplies  to  Broad  Stations  which  were 
supplied  by  tons  from  her  home  friends  at  Germantown.  Mrs.  Dye  furn- 
ished a  substitute  for  the  war  who  served  to  the  close  with  honor. 

After  the  war  Miss  Jones  married  Mr.  John  H.  Dye  of  Philadelphia. 
She  is  now  a  widow  and  resides  at  202  W.  Rittenhouse  St.,  Germantown. 
She  is  over  77  years  of  age  and  receives  no  pension.  She  is  the  only 
woman  who  received  a  medal  of  honor  during  the  war. 


i-Hni.  Rrbrrra  &  $mtli| 

F*  A  •->    r       ISJ   /".    t    IDNAL      F»  ■ 

Mr-     Rebi  Smith    wa»    lea  chool     •■■■■■  «f 

Diphtheria  brolu    out  among  1 1 . »     oldiei     in    1862      Sh<    al 
.  .if   loi  them,  and  aftef  thai  wai  conbnuoi 
until  IHM 

Shi   nursed  -ii  Benton  I  •      luring  thi 


iijamuth  1C.  }Jalmrr 

Pa'-.t     National    Si    ORB   takv 

Miss  Hannah  1.    Palmei  I   foi    mn<    months  m   Columbia 

(  ,,||,v,     ||,,|,,i,i      \\  i  I. in^ton     I'     C,    'in. I- 1     thi      direction     ..I     \1. 

lJi,rolli>    I  )u 

Miss  Palmer  reside  ..i  (  anastoga    \    Y.    and  h  Hi  yean  <A  w-     She 


....  i.i  i       v    .         i     a  ,    ,i       i  receives  a  pension  ol  $1^    |>'-i   month.      Miss  Palmer   was  Secretary   oi   the 

Mrv    Siiiiili    wai   President  "I    tin     National    Association    •  •!    tin    <  ml  '  ' 


W.u  Army  Nurses  in 


National  Association  Nurses  ol  thi    (  ivil  War    I  H'W)      1897 


itttTi.  ittary  SUilnj  Carry 

National    President 

Mrs.  Lacey.  President  ol  the  National  Association  Arnn  Nurses  oi  the 
Civil  \X  ar.  was  born  at  Plymouth.  Mass..  and  when  only  fifteen  married 
John  H.  Roby  of  Gloucester.  N.  J.,  who.  a  few  months  atter.  enlisted  in 
the  First  New  Jersey  Infantry  in  response  to  the  first  call  for  73.000  men. 
At  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor.  \  a.,  he  "  as  w  ounded  and  his  wife  took 
care  of  him  at  the  L.  S.  General  Hospital.  Philadelphia. 

Mrs.  Roby  had  offered  her  services  as  a  nurse  at  the  beginning  of  the 
w  ar.  but  on  account  of  her  youth  Miss  Dix  refused  to  accept  her  and  she  then 
went  to  Miss  Anne  Moms,  who  had  charge  of  the  Cooper  Refreshment 
Saloon,  where  she  was  put  to  work  picking  lint  and  making  bandages. 
From  there  she  went  to  the  L.  S.  General  Hospital,  where  the  most  of  her 
services  were  rendered.  Mrs.  Roby's  husband  died  soon  after  the  war  from 
the  effect  of  wounds  received  in  action,  and  later  ohe  married  John  E 
Lacey  who  died  in  1863.  Mis  Lacev  is  sixtv-six  and  receives  a  pension. 
Her  address  is    I  S   W  avne  Ave..  Salt  Lake  Citv.  I.  tah. 


ittrs.  (latlianur  C  aaiilur 

Senior  Vice-President 
Mrs  T.ivUv  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  from  1862  to  1863  about  three 
vears  in  the  L  .  S.  General  Hospital  at  Davids  Island.  New  York  Harbor. 
Mrs.  Taylor  had  made  application  to  go  to  the  front  as  a  nurse  but  Mrs. 
General  Dix  would  not  approve  her  application,  saying  she  could  do  more 
at  home,  while  others  older  v»ere  better  at  the  front 

Mrs.  Taylor  then  residing  at  Dobb's  Ferry,  and  had  her  own  horse  and 
carnage  to  carry  loads  of  supplies  and  dainties  for  the  sick  and  wounded 
soldiers,  which  the  Government  did  not  furnish,  also  furnishing  food  for  the 
families  and  soldiers  at  the  front. 

Mrs.  Taylor  resides  at  891   Amsterdam    Ave.    New     ^  ork     CSj 
years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension.      She  is  Senior  \  ice -President. 


iflni.  Itjaiuuih  SttdkUta  ^rtarhtrii 

National  Jumiom   Vict-Pui   -^  1 1 1 1    mt.   A.    A.    ISJ  . 

Mrs.  Starbird  under  her  maiden  name.  Miss  Hannah  E.  Judkins  of 
Skowhegan,  was  enlisted  as  a  nurse  in  August  1864.  She  reported  at 
Carver  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C.  was  there  three  weeks,  then  trans- 
ferred to  St.  John's  College  Hospital,  Annapolis.  Md.  where  she  remained 
until  July   1865,  when  the  hospital  was  broken  up. 

Mrs.     Starbird      nursed    paroled     prisoners    brought    on    the    hrst     boats 

from  Libby,  Andersonville,  and  other  rebel  prisoners,  and  says    she    cannot 

describe  the  poor,  starved  men  with  little  clothing,  their   feet    bound     uj>     in 

rags,  covered  with  vermin  and  no  one,  not  seeing  them,  could   imagine    their 

condition.      Later  the  boats  were  met  by  the  boats  of  the    U.    S.     Sanitary 

Commission,  and  their  clothing  changed  at     sea,     making     it    easier     for    the 
nurses. 

Mrs.  Starbird  was  paid  thirteen  dollars  per  month  as  were  all  contract 
nurses.  She  is  Junior  Vice-President  of  the  National  Association  and  re- 
sides at  2646  Magnolia  Avenue,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


ittii-.r.  ifiautuili   lltla  fftaxim 

National  Chaplain 
\liv<  Hannah  U.  Maxon  became  identified  with  the  National  Association 
.it  Army  Nurses  but  a  few  years  ago.  She  was  made  its  Chaplain  in 
I'XPJ  So  marked  was  her  ability  that  she  soon  won  the  respect  of  her 
associates  and  with  her  seeming  good  health,  her  energetic  character  and 
her  charming  manner  she  would  soon  have  been  a   leader. 

Miss  Maxon  became  interested  in  army  work  at  the  beginning  of  the  rc- 
l>ellion  and  served  as  nurse,  in  the  hospital  in  her  native  town  of  Gallipolis, 
Ohio,  till  its  close.  By  her  zeal  and  activity  she  took  a  leading  part  and 
brought  comfort  and  solace  to  many  a  weary  one,  who  was  far  away  from 
home  and  from  the  soothing  hand  to  make  smooth  his  dying  pillow.  Miss 
Maxon  died  May  26th    1910. 

"lather  in  Thy  gracious  keeping 
Leave  we  now  Thy  servant  sleeping." 


Ultar.  iKatf  H.  £>nilt 

National   Secretary 
Miss  Scott  served  during  Winter  and  Spring  of    1 86 1  — 62  with  the  One 

Hundred  and  Fifth  Pennsylvania  Regiment  at    Camp    Jameson,    Va.       She 

volunteered  in  response  to  a  call  from  Colonel  Amos  McKnight    for    nurses 

for  his  regiment,  many  of  whom  were  dying  from  fever  and   pneumonia    and 

during  the  Winter    was    twice    quarantined    with     Miss    Ellen    Guffy,    her 

associate  nurse,  the  latter  being  stricken  with  the  dread  disease. 

Since  the  war  Miss  Scott  has  been  closely  identified  with  her  regiment,  is 
a  member  of  its  Regimental  Association  being  its  secretary  from  1879  —  91. 
She  is  72  years  of  age,  resides  at  Brookville,  Pa.  and  has  been  Secretary  of 
the  National  Association  of  Army  Nurses  of  the  Civil  War  since  1897. 

Miss  Scott  receives  a  pension  by  special  Act  of  Congress. 


ilm.  ^alomr 


$truiart 


National  Treasurer 

Mrs.  Stewart  served  under  the  maiden  name  of  Miss  Sallie  Myers.  She 
was  a  volunteer  nurse.  She  resided  at  Gettysburg  and  during  and  after  the 
battle  cared  for  the  wounded  in  her  father's  house,  which  was  used  as  a 
hospital  and  also  in  the  Roman  Catholic  and  United  Presbyterian  Churches, 
where  the  first  Division  Corps  Hospital  was  opened,  and  in  Gamp  Letter- 
man,  the  general  hospital  established  east  of  the  town.  Her  services  of 
three  months  were  all  voluntary.  She  does  not  receive  a  pension.  Her 
address  is  228  Baltimore  St.,  Gettysburg.  She  is  the  widow  of  the  brother 
of  a  wounded  soldier  who  died  in  her  father's  house.  Her  husband  a 
Presbyterian  minister  died  in  1868  of  injuries  received  in  the  service.  She 
was  a  teacher  in  the  public  Schools  before  the  war,  has  taught  for  twenty- 
five  years,  and  is  now  a  substitute  teacher  in  the  Gettysburg  schools. 

Mrs.  Stewart  has  been  Treasurer  of  the  National  Association  of  Nurses 
of  the  Civil  War  for  seven  years.  She  was  appointed  one  of  the  enumer- 
ators of  the  late  census. 


ittni.   iHarii  i£.  Squire 

National     Co  m  duotor 

Miss  M.  Emily  (  hamberlin  enlisted  .it  Washington  Hospital,  Memphis, 
Tennessee,  May  IttM.  serving  there  till  October  when  she  was  Iran*!' 
to  the  Officer's  Hospital  leu  a  service  of  two  months,  returning  to  the 
Washington  Hospital  in  December.  Here  she  remawed  until  the  first  of 
April  1864,  when  she  was  ordered  to  the  Webster  Hospital,  remaining 
there  until  she  left  the  service  in  June.    1864. 

Mrs.  Squire  is  66  years  of  age.      Her  address  is    Sheboygan.    Wisconsin. 
.Slu    was  a  regular  nurse  anil  r<  i  pension  of  $12  \xr  month. 


ittni.  t~lUalirtli  (L'liapnuui 

l\l   A  -T  I  O  M  A  l_     GuAWD 

Mr-  (  bapman  served  i In »•.  months  as  a  volunteer  nurse  and  then  enlisted 
as  a  contract  nurse  for  the  balance  of  the  War.  She  was  sent  to  Memphis 
as  a  regular  nurse  where  the  boys  in  her  husband  s  regiment  had  measles. 
She  was  mustered  out  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  in  Leighton  House  Hospital  with 
an  honorable  discharge.  She  has  been  connected  with  the  Association  of 
Arm)  Nurses  since  its  organization  and  is  now  Past  National  Chaplain  ,  is 
7''  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension  of  $12  a  month.  I  ler  present  ad- 
dress is  100-A  N.  5th  St..  East  St.  Louis.  Illinois 


iira.  ICrtttc  3E.  lUtrkhuj 


iffira.  9usmma  IKripa 


Mrs.  Buckley  served  as  a  nurse,  being  enlisted    by   Sanitary    Commission, 


rider  her  maiden  name,  Miss    Lettie    E.    Covell     from    October     1863    to 


June   1865    at    Memphis    in     the    Washington     and    Adams    Hospitals    at 


Memphis,   Tennessee. 


Mrs.  Buckley  is  73  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


She  has  held  several  offices  in   the    Association.       Her    address    is     1955 


North  Erie  Street,  Chicago,  Illinois. 


Mrs.  Krips  enlisted  as  a  nurse  in  1863  serving  with  the  Second  Pennsyl- 
vania Heavy  artillery  for  5  months,  also  at  Capitol  Hill  Hospital,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  ;  Jarvis  Hospital,  Baltimore  and  Hough  General  Hospital,  Alex- 
andria. 

Mrs.  Krips  was  prostrated  with  an  attack  of  Typhoid  Fever  which  de- 
stroyed the  hearing  of  her  right  ear.  During  her  illness  she  was  attended 
by  Dr.  Elliott,  Surgeon  in  charge  and  Miss  Plummer,  a  fellow  nurse.  She 
belongs  to  the  Association  of  Army  Nurses  and  has  held  several  offices. 

Mrs.  Krips  resides  at  3334  N.  Second  St.,  Philadelphia,  and  is  68  years 
of  age.  Her  term  of  service  was  2  years  and  six  months.  She  receives  a 
pension. 


ifln..  ittaru  (£.  Allium 


Mrs.  fflaru  A.  Anton 


Mrs.  Alhow  served  as  ,i  volunteer  nurse  (oi  eighteen  month*  From  I  eh 
1864  to  dose  ot  the  wai  m  \tM>i.  serving  .ii  Holston  Hospital,  Knoxville, 
Tennessee;  Sedgwick,  Louisville,  Kentucky;  C  .im j ■  Nelson. 

She  served  under  Mrs    Annie  Wittenmeyei   <>l    the     United     States    San 
itary  Commission.      Mrs     Athow    is  tin-  widow     of    a    veteran     of    the    C  nil 
War,  is  seventy-five  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension  of  $12   per     month. 
Her  home  is  at  286  Fox  St.,  Aurora,  lllinoi- 


Mrs.  .Aston  served  under  Surgeon  B.  S.  Kenderdine  in  the  Hospital  at 
Broad  and  Washington  Streets  and  the  Christian  Street  Hospital,  Phila- 
delphia, from  September  5th  1862  to  August  I  Ith  1865  as  a  Volunteer 
Nurse.  Her  husband  Iwing  an  invalid  was  unable  to  render  aid  to  his 
•  iiunttv  but  was  willing  for  his  wife  to  do  as  her  heart  dictated  and  she 
rendered  valient  service,  only  being  absent  from  duty  two  weeks  during  her 
husbands  last  illness  and  death.  Mrs.  .Aston  became  deal  by  the  explosion 
of  a  cannon  while  engaged  in  performing  her  dutu a 

She  is  76  years  of  age.  lives  in  Philadelphia  and  receives  a  pension  of 
$12  per  month. 


Mrs.  Srllf  Alter 

Mrs.  Alter  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  as  Miss  Belle  Thompson.  She 
began  her  work  ia  September,  1864,  in  the  Taylor  House  Hospital  at 
Winchester,  Virginia.,  being  assigned  to  duty  by  Dr.  S.  Sharpe,  who  was 
surgeon  in  charge  and  assisted  in  caring  for  the  wounded  from  Frohus  Hill 
and  Cedar  Creek  battle  fields  until  the  middle  of  Jan.,    1 865,  when  she  brought 

home  her  brother,  Captain  Thompson  of  Company  A,  40th  Regiment 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers.  He  was  badly  wounded  and  for  two  years  she 
nursed  him,  a  helpless  cripple. 

Mrs.  Alter  is  sixty-three  years  of  age  and  resides  at  Port  Royal,  Penna. 
She  does  not  receive  a  pension. 


iHra.  Htzatetij  Italbrftip 


Mrs.  Baldridge  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  for  nine  months  at     Memphis, 


Te  inessee.      She  served  under  her  maiden  name,  Miss  Elizabeth  Lee. 


Mrs.  Baldridge  is  77  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension.        Her    address 


is  Pomona,  California. 


ittrs.  Anna  fi.   Uuihrr. 


Mr*,  gathrrittr  ifl.  Ulrrk 


Mrs.  Baker  served  as  a   volunteei  nurse   in  the   (  itizeni    V  Olunl 
pital  at  Philadelphia  (or  (our  years.      She  i  \T%  of  age.      I  la   kddreM 

.s  1122  S.  45th  St.  Philadelphia,  Pa 

After  the  first  great  battle  the  wounded  were  sent  in  great  numbers  to 
northern  points.  Temporary  hospitals  were  established  at  Philadelphia  and 
hundreds  arriving  at  one  time,  whose  wounds  had  not  been  cared  for. 
The  firemen  of  the  city  on  the  arrival  of  the  wounded  rang  their  bells  and 
the  volunteer  nurses  were  always  near  to  answer  the  call,  remaining  at  the 
hospital  as  long  as  needed.      As  many  as  2500  arriving  in  one  day. 

The  worst  cases  of  sick  and  wounded  were  cared  for  until  able  to  be 
sent  to  their  homes  or  to  other  hospitals.  Mrs.  Baker  served  in  this 
hospital  faithfully,  nursing  the  sick  and  wounded,  from  September  5,  1862 
until  August  9,    1864. 


Mrs.  Beck  served  five  mor.thi  is  a  volunteer  nurse  at  Fort    Leavenworth, 


Kansas,  at  which  place  she  was  living  during  the  Civil  War. 


She  is  77  years  of  age  and  does  not    receive    a    pension.        Her     present 


address  is  1060  Denver  Ave.,  Los  AngeUs,  California. 


Mvb.  ilary  £  Irll 

Mrs.  Bell  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  nurse.  Her  first  work  was  at  Coving- 
ton, Kentucky,  assisting  her  husband,  who  was  in  the  medical  department, 
where  there  was  an  epidemic  of  measles.  When  her  regiment  reached 
camp  (place  not  given)  smallpox  and  spotted  fever  broke  out  and  many 
died.      She  also  served  at  the  Jeffersonville,   Indiana,   hospital.      Her  service 

extended  over  three  years  but  no  dates  of  enlistment  or  discharge  are  given. 
She  was    appointed    Matron    by    Dr.     Albright,    Surgeon  Second    Ohio 

heavy  artillery;  is  sixty-nine  years  of  age  and   resides  at  Albion,    Michigan. 


Ifrnrirtta  £\  5L  Imtncll. 

Mrs.  Henrietta  S.  T.  Bunnell  a  former  War  Nurse  and  widow  of 
Sergeant  David  S.  Bunnell  of  the  1  I  Oth  Pennsylvania  Regiment  died  on 
the  23rd  of  June   1910,  aged  82  years. 

During  the  Civil  War  Mrs.  Bunnell  rendered  efficient  service  in  Phila- 
delphia and  Harpers  Ferry  hospitals.  She  received  a  certificate  as  a  nurse 
from  Governor  Curtin.  After  serving  throughout  the  war,  Mrs.  Bunnell 
was  prominently  identified  with  the  Andrew  G.  Curtin  Nurse  Corps  which 
dissolved  a  few  months  ago. 

Mrs.  Bunnell  was  the  mother  of  twenty-one  children,  six  of  whom  sur- 
vive her,  also  eleven  grandchildren  and  two  great  grandchildren.  As  a 
mother  she  stands  pre-eminently,  every  one  loved  her  and  it  is  with  sorrow 
the  writer  must  announce  at  the  coming  Convention  that  the  "little  mother" 
will  meet  with  us   no  more. 


iflrri.  Sflcn  ifl.  llUinirU. 


Mrs.    Burnell  served   under  her    maiden     nam'-.   Helen    M     B',  kit.   was   a 
regular   nurse  in    Adam-.  Hospital,     Memphis,    I  ■■nn.      (or    (wo    years    and 


iths. 


She  is  now  eighty  years  of    age  and  resides  at   I  I  10  Windsor    Place,  S. 


Pasadena,  California. 


She  receives  a  pension  of  twelve  dollars  per  month 


Hire.  Iflarii   LK.  Uuiuiuuliui 

\1rv  Boyington's  husband,  a  member  of  Company  L.,  one  hundred  and 
fifth  Pennsylvania  volunteer  infantry,  was  seriously  wounded  at  Gettysburg 
and  she  wer.t  to  that  field  to  care  for  him,  accompanying  him  when  sent  to 
the  hospital  at  York,  Pa.,  where  she  was  enrolled  as  a  nurse,  serving  from 
July.  1863.  until  March.  I  MM.  when  het  services  received  the  warm  com- 
mendation of  the  surgeons  in  charge 

She  is  67  years  of  age  and  resides  at  Carner.   Oklahoma.      She  does  not 

receive    a    pension.      She    is    Dcpartmer.l    President    of    the    Association    for 
Oklahoma. 


Urn.  Nanry  ffl~  Irmmt 

Mrs.  Brown  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  under  her  maiden  name  of  Nancy 

M.     Nelson,     for     eighteen      months     at     West    hospital,     Baltimore,     and 
about      two      years      at      Gratiot     Street      hospital      Prison      at       St. 

Louis.      After  the  war  she  returned   to   her   home  at   Ashtabula,   Ohio,   but 

since  the  death  of  her  husband,  who  was  a   veteran   of   the  Civil   War,   she 

resides  with  her  son  in  Florence  Court  Washington,  D.  C.      She  is  78  years 
of  age  and  receives  a  pension   of  $12. 


iltra.  &itaan  H.  Srmutt 

Mrs.  Brown  served  under  her  maiden  name,  Sue  L.  McLaughlin, 
answered  a  call  for  volnnteers  from  Governor  Morton  of  Indiana,  serving 
for  nine  months  on  hospital  boats  on  the  Mississippi  River  and  in  hospitals 
at  Memphis,  Tennessee. 

She  is  now  the  wife  of  S.  C.  Brown,  Commander  of  the  G.  A.  R.  De- 
partment of  Georgia  and  South  Georgia.  She  is  74  years  of  age  and  re- 
sides  at  Fitzgerald,  Georgia.      She  receives  a  pension. 

She  with  her  soldier  husband  do  active  work  in  looking  after  the  veterans 
in  the  South,  and  caring  for  the  graves  of  the  prisoners  in  Andersonville 
Cemetery. 


iflrii.  HI  itt.   Tiiriaiui. 

Mrs.  Briggs  was  enlisted  in  1861  by  Miss  Dorothy  Dix.  She  served  in 
the  hospitals  at  St.  Louis  until  1862  when  the  Harvey  hospital  was  es- 
tablished at  Madison,  Wisconsin  by  Mrs.  Harvey  wife  of  the  Governor  of 
that  state  who   went  to  the  South  and   brought   from  the   fields  and  swamps 

one  hundred  and  thirty  rick  and  wounded.  Mrs.  E.  O.  Gibson  was  in 
charge  and  Mrs.  Briggs'  daughters  wire  with  her.  She  remained  here  until 
the  war  closed.  Mrs.  Briggs  is  now  in  her  90th  year  and  is  spending  her 
last  days  in  the  Old  Peoples'  Home  at  Elgin,  111.  She  says,  "I  am  thank- 
ful indeed  that  1  was  permitted  to  serve  inv  i  ountry. 


ittrii.  Jlruuir   ittathniiiuui  fiiiUarf) 

Mrs.  Bullard  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  nurse  under  her  maiden  name,  Miss 
Jennie  Smole.  She  afterward  married  a  soldier,  changing  her  name  to 
Mathewson.  Her  term  of  service  was  from  October,  1861  to  May  1865, 
at  Savannah,  Georgia;  Memphis,  Tenness.-,.;  Chicago,  Illinois  and  f- arming- 
ton,  Mkoarippi 

She  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  from  October,  1861.  until  May  1862 
and  from  May,  1862,  until  May,  1865,  as  a  regular.  She  receives  a  pen- 
sion; is  sixty-nine  years  of  age  and  resides  at  Desha,  Arkansas. 


Mrs.  Sjamtal)  Ittxtmt. 


Mrs.  Irll  Inrsr  Clark 


NO  SKETCH  FURNISHED. 


Miss  Bell  Vorse  served  from  July  1864  till  the  close  of  the  war.  She 
was  assigned  to  duty  at  U.  S.  General  Hospital,  No.  3,  Nashville,  Tenn., 
July   1864. 

After  working  some  time  she  received,  upon  the  Surgeon's  application 
through  James  Yeatman,  Agent,  for  Miss  L.  L.  Dix  a  certificate  entitling 
her  to  a  pension  in  the  Medical  Dept.  U.  S.  A.  She  did  not  leave  her 
post  until  the  last  man  was  removed  from  the  hospital  in  April,   1865. 

Mrs.  Clarke's  address  is  139  N.  2nd  st.  Lewisburg,  Penn.  She  served 
as  a  volunteer,  is  76  years  of  age.  She  receives  a  pension  of  $12  per 
month. 


ffira.  iWrllr  (KIontttB 


Mrs.  Belle  Count?,   served    from    March     IH(>4    until    January     IN>)    .1*    ■ 


ilin..   Emily  3.   (iarlmrmlil 

Mi-    (  BItwright  served  undii    In  i    maiden   name.    Emily   J.    Avery.      She 


volunteer   nurse.      She  served    ,ii    Pulaski.     Tennessee  and   also  at    Nashville 


before  and  after  the  battle. 


She  is  70  years  of  age  and  was  attached   to  the  71st  Ohio  infantry      I  ler 


served  ova  Iwm  peail    in    (  mi  innali.    Ohio,    in    the    Fourth    Street     hospital. 


She  is  79  years  of  age.  was  a  volunteer  nurse  and  does  not  receive  a  pension. 


address  is  Troy,  Ohio.      She  does  not  receive  a  pension 


Her  residence  is  at    131   Davis  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  Mass. 


ilra.  Namttc  ffl.  (Undjratt 

Mrs.  Cochran  was  appointed  Matron  and  head  nurse  in  the  Simpson 
House  Hospital,  Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  remained  in  that  position  from  Nov- 
ember 1863  until  October  1854,  serving  about  one  year  under  the  direct- 
ion of  Major  M.  K.  Taylor,  Surgeon  of  an  Illinois  Regiment  by  whom  she 
was  appointed. 

Her  husband  at  that  time  was  a  clerk  attached  to  the  staff  of  clerks  in 
the  main  office.     They  had  from  six  to  eight  hundred  wounded. 

Mrs.  Cochran's  address  is  19  Eleventh  St.,  Troy,  N.  Y.  She  is  67 
years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


Mrs.  QJlanasa  (UroBaan 


Mrs.    Croasman  served  under  her  maiden  name,    Miss  Clarissa    Watters, 


f»r  two  years  at  Keokuk,  Iowa.     Her  address  is   2434    Wentworth    Ave., 


Chicago,  Illinois. 


She  is  72  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month. 


fflrs.  Amur  |!rtar*Ua   truitm 

(Cflla  /-rl.r) 

Mrs.  Erving  was  a  volunteer  nurse  commissioned  by  Governor  Curlm. 
She  was  stationed  at  Camp  (  urtin  and  all  through  the  sad  days  of  1861 
and   1862  she  was  a  faithful  nurse  heloved  by  all    whom  she  attended. 

She  served  at  Gettysburg  and  cared  for  many  of  the  wounded.  While 
a  nurse  at  Camp  Curtin,  she  and  three  other  girls  gave  a  picnic  on  Inde- 
pendence Island,  to  raise  money  for  lint  for  the  wounded  soldiers,  they 
realized  $125. 

This  is  a  cheery  lady  aged  70  years.  I  \rt  address  is  218  Dubois  St., 
Newburg,  N.  Y.      She  receives  a  peision  by  Special  Act  of  Congress. 


ittrri.  diary  9atu  3to* 

Mrs.  Fox  served  for  six  months  as  a  volunteer    nursr,    being    engaged     at 
Annapolis.  Maryland.  Hilton  I  lead.  South  Carolina  and  Daufuskie    Island. 

She  is  70  years  of  age   and    resides    at     104     S.    4th     St..    Camden,     New 

Jersey. 

Mrs.  Fox  is  engaged  in  business.      She  receives    a    pension    of    $12    per 
month. 


Mr*.  ftrbma  IE.  iFrtrk 

Mrs.  Friclc  served  for  two  years  and  six  months  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
Annapolis,  Maryland,  Winchester,  City  Point  and  Hampton  Roads, 
Virginia,  as  a  regular   nurse. 

She  is  now  in  her  87th  year.  Still  active  and  with  a  mind  as  bright  as 
when  she  was  doing  her  work  among  the  sick  and  wounded  of  whom  she 
has  a  hearty  recollection. 

She  resides  at  West  Conshohocken,  Philadelphia,   (The  Hermitage),  and 


iHrs.  ElUabrtlj  3C.  3Fritrip>r 


Mrs.  Fritcher  served  under  her  maiden   name,    Elizabeth    L.    McQueen, 


from  July  9th  1862  until   June    4th     1863    at    Baptist    Church    Hospital, 


Alexandria,  Virginia. 


She  resides  at  255  W.  Main  St.,  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.      Mrs.    Fritcher    is 


receives  a  pension. 


74  years  of  age.      She  was  a  volunteer  nurse  and  receives  a  pension. 


MtB.  ittarii  K.  Bmtglafl 


i-Hrii.  *?;irah  3).  Diuuaa 


Mrs.  Dumas.  then  Miss  Sarah  J.  Steady,  went  to  Washington,  D.  C    to 


offer   her  services  to  nurse  the  soldiers,  and  was    accepted   and    assigned    to 


NO   SKETCH    FURNISHED. 


Sherburn     Barrack     Post     Hospital,      February      14th      1865,      serving     until 


December   1865,  when  her  services  being  no  longer  needed  she  returned    to 


her  home  in  Vermont.      She  is     -  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


Mvb.  Harta  <§.  iEltircb. 


iHrs.  tEmiltT  Hmrr 


Mrs.  Eldred   volunteered   under  her  maiden   name,  Maria  Olmstead,  and  Mrs.  Emily  Elmer,  then  Mrs.  Emily   Orederdouk,  was  during  her  service 


served  over  nine  months  at  Fall   Church,  Va. 


of  over  a  year  agent  of   Miss  L.  D.  Dix,  superintendent.      She  was  engaged 


Date  of  service  and  by  whom  enlisted  not  given. 


at  Webster  Block  Hospital,  Memphis,   Tenn.   until  Lee's  surrender  then   in 


Mrs.  Eldred  is  sixty-eight  years  old  and  resides   at  Canton  St.,  Lawrence 


Co.,  N.  Y. 


Citizens   Military  Hospital,   Burlington,   Iowa.     She  was  commissioned  by 
James  E.  Yeatman  of  Western   Sanatary   Commission.      Mrs.  Elmer  resides 


at  Hersey,  Osceola  Co.,  Michigan  and  is  69   years  of  age.      She   receives  a 


She  receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month. 


pension.     The  name  under  which  she  served  was  Emily  Rowell. 


ittrii.  3?  a  rah  S.  (BrOBB 

Mrs.  Cross  entered  the  service  as  a  volunteer  nurse  in  December  IfVii 
and  continued  one  year  and  ei^ht  months  serving  in  Lincoln  General 
Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C.  Her  present  address  is  408  N.  Mantua.  St., 
Kent,  Ohio.  She  is  70  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension  o(  $12  per 
month. 

Mrs.  Cross  was  born  in  England  and  came  to  America,  where  her  hus- 
band had  preceded  her  and  became  engaged  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States.  He  sent  for  his  wife  and  son  and  Mrs.  Cross  volunteered  as 
nurse  in  a  Lincoln  General  Hospital.  Thus  for  nearly  two  years  husband 
and  wife  labored  side  by  side,  she  caring  for  the  wounded  of  her  adopted 
country. 


Mrs.  5Fraurrii  D.   Dauirls 


Mrs.  Daniels  was  a  volunteer  nurse  and  served  at  Vicksburg,  Mississippi, 


m  hospitals  number  two  and  three.      Time  of  service  and  by  whom  enlisted 


not  given. 


She  is  67  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


Mrs.  Eittlt  iaufortl) 


Mrs.  Danforth  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  through  George 
H.  Staurt,  Chairman  of  the  United  States  Christian  Commission  in  Phila- 
delphia, July  1864.  She  was  sent  from  Chicago  to  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
where  she  was  assigned  to  Toffen  Field  Hospital.  At  the  close  of  this 
hospital,  about  September,  she  was  transferred  to  Brown  General  Hospital 
in  Louisville  where  she  continued  until  the  close  of  the  hospital  in  May 
1865. 

Mrs.  Danforth  served  about  1  I  months  as  a  volunteer.  Her  address  is 
R.  D.  No.  1 ,  Box  38,  Ontario,  California.  She  is  85  years  of  age,  and 
receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month. 


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mini.  iFrattrrs  A.  Utetfrnbarljer 

Mrs.  Dieffenbacher,  on  April  28,  1863  volunteered  as  a  nurse  in  re- 
sponse to  a  call  from  Gov.  O.  P.  Morton  of  Indianna,  who  furnished  her 
with  a  pass  to  Nashville,  Tennessee.  From  there  she  went  to  Murphis- 
boro,  Tennessee  where  she  nursed  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers.  When 
the  85th  regiment  returned  to  Nashville,  Mrs.  Dieffenbacher  was  detailed 
by  the  Surgeon  as  regimental  nurse,  and  served  as  such  for  five  months. 
She  also  served  in  the  Convalescent  Camp  at  Brentwood,  Tennessee,  re- 
turning to  Indianapolis  the  last  of  August    1863. 

She  is  75  years  of  age  and  resides  at  Havanah,  Illinois.  Being  a 
volunteer  nurse  she  receives  no  pension. 


iflrii.  iWaru  ifrijrr  0">arimrr 

Mrs.  Gardner,  Colonel.  Amos  A.  McKnight,  with  Misses  Scott,  Guffey 
and  Allen,  served  with  the  One  1  iundredth  Pennsylvania  during  the  winter 
and  spring  of  1861  —62  at  Clamp  Jameson,  Va  There  being  loo  many 
sick  for  one  hospital  to  accomodate  Mi<>  I  i\>t  and  Miss  Allen  served  to- 
gether and  escaped  being  quarantined  twice  with  smallpox  as  Miss  Duffey 
and  Miss  Scott  were. 

Mrs.  Gardner  is  sixty-four  years  of  age,  is  the  widow  of  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War  and  receives  a  pension  by  Special  Act  of  Congress. 

She  reside*  at  1 305  Pike  St.,  Philadelphia.   Pa. 


ittrii.  tltEiilirlh  (grasfl 

Mrs.  Grass  served  over  two  year-,  at  Benton  Barracks,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
and  at  Joe  Holt,  Ind.  She  was  a  regular  nurse  serving  under  Dr.  Russell, 
in  charge  at  Benton  Barracks  and  McClung  at  Jeffersonville,  Ind.  Date  of 
service  not  given. 

Mrs.  Grass  is  over  68  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension  of  $20  per 
month.  She  resides  at  South  Fargo,  North  Dakota,  and  is  department 
President  of  North  and  South  Dakota. 


ilra.  Ann  lE.  (SriMrit 

Mrs.  Ann  Eliza  Gridley,  who  died  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Mr. 
Lucius  E.  Gridley,  needs  more  than  a  passing  notice  as  she  was  the  mother 
of  two  sons,  one  of  whom,  the  gallant  sailor  captain,  Charles  V.  Gridley, 
who  died  at  Manilla  Bay  after  winning  the  battle  there.  He  served  under 
Farragut  at  Mobile ;  then  his  only  son,  and  Mrs.  Gridley's  only  grandson, 
Lieutenant  John  V.  Gridley  was  killed  by  an  explosion  on  his  ship  at 
Hampton   Roads. 

Mrs.  Gridley  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  with  the  Potomac  Army  until 
her  strength  gave  away.  She  was  stricken  with  spotted  fever  at  the  close 
of  the  war.  After  her  recovery  she  was  appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  the 
Patent  Office  at  Washington,  serving  faithfully  for  thirty  years,  retiring  only 
a  few  months  before  her  death,  October  22,    1909. 

She  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  National  Nurses  Association 
and  one  of  her  last  regrets  was  that  she  could  not  meet  it  at  Salt  Lake 
City.  One  of  her  last  duties  was  to  pay  her  dues  for  1910.  Mrs.  Gridley 
was  84  years  of  age. 


Mvb.  Annex  Ifaljn 

Mrs.  Hahn  served  over  three   months  at  the  4thNear   Morgan  street  hos- 


pital, St.  Louis,  Mo.      Dates  when  service  was  given  not  furnished. 


She  was  a  volunteer  nurse  and  is  not  receiving  any  pension.     She  is  75 


years  of  age.      Mrs.    Hahn  resides    at  2129  South    34th  Street,    Omaha, 


Nebraska. 


iWuiii   (£nnu'lui   ifruirnrk 

Miss  Hancock  served  as  a  voluntas  DUIM  From  July  »>lh     IHtii     to     May 
2*rd   ltt<>5  in  the  Second  Corps  Army  of  the  Pol  >mac.  caring  lor   the 
and  wounded  during  dial  penod. 

At  Gettysburg.  Miss  Hancock  remained  in  the  held  hospital  until  the 
establishment  of  Camp  Lettarman,  where  she  worked  foi  atew  weeks  longer, 
the  soldiers  of  the  Third  Division  voting  her  a  silvor  medal  as  an  expression 
of  their  appreciation  of  her 

She  is  over  70  years  of  age  and  still  actively  engaged  in  business.  She 
receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month.  Her  address  is  120  N.  I(>th  St.. 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 


Jllrs.  (fnsurlui  tharntmtnu 

\li-  I  larrington  wenl  to  the  front  with  her  husband  in  December  18 — 
and  remained  until  April  IH  .  She  served  most  of  her  time  in  Nashville 
and  Chattanoga  where  she  nursed  the  wounded  in  the  R.  R.  Depot  which 
wh  turned  into  ,>  hospital.  She  also  nursed  at  Bowling  Creen.  Kentucky, 
and  Nashville.  Tnn  rving  about  five  months. 

She  was  a  volunteer  nurse  and  receives  a  pension.  Mrs.  Harrington  is 
78  years  of  age  and  resides  at  Dexter,  Michigan. 


iHrs.  iMarilm  3.  Ijaitiint 

Mrs.  Hayden  volunteered  as  a  nurse    under    her    maiden     name     Martha 


Strahan  and  served  for  three  months  in  Washington,   D.  C.     in    the    regim- 


ental Hospital  of  the  First  Regiment  of  Rhode   Island    Infantry.       Time    of 


service  not  given. 


iKrs.  jfflargarrt  ijagus 

Under  the  name  of  Maggie  Meserolle  she  served  for  two  years  and  six 
months  at  Adams  General  Hospital  No.  2  and  Gayoso  Hospital,  Memphis 
Tennessee  as  a  regular  nurse. 

She  is  nearly  blind,  but  continues  to  take  an  active  part  in  the  Relief 
Corps  of  which  she  is  now  a  member,  thereby  still  working  for  the  soldiers. 


Mrs.  Hayden  is  in  the  69th  year  of  her    age    and    receives    no    pension.  Her  address  is  1200  E.  43rd  Street,  Los.  Angeles,  California. 


She  resides  at   140  Blue  Hill  Ave.,  Roxbury,  Massachussetts. 


She  is  76  years  of  age  and  receives  no  pension. 


ittni.  jlulta  A.  ifiibluirit. 

Mrs.  Julia  A.  Hibbard  crved  from  September  1st.  1861  until  .April 
29th  1864,  on  a  Floating  Hospital  tarrying  wounded  after  the 
battle  of  Shiloh. 

She  also  served  in  Memphis  hospital.  Tennessee,  and  in  Paducah  hos- 
pital,   Kentucky. 

Mrs.  Hibbard  was  in  the  service  ol  the  United  States  over  two  years. 
She  resides  at  1301  Glendale  avenue.  Peoria,  111.  and  is  77  years  of  age. 
She  receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month. 


ittni.  iCamrtta  ft.  iiniuiimtfmt 

Her  maiden  name  under  which  she  lerved,  "as  Lauretta  H.  Cutler  and 
her  service  was  13  months  in  the  years  IC64  and  1865  at  U.  S.  Hospitals 
Nos.    I   and  2  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

She  was  accepted  as  a  nurse  by  Miss  Dorothy  Dix  in   1864. 

Mrs.  Hoisington  is  84  years  of  age  an  J  resides  at  Palo  Alto.  California 
She  receives  a  pension. 


Htni.  BiEabrtlj  $i.  ?Jfmtt 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hunt,  as  Elizabeth  Pickard,  served  three  months  at 
Keokuk,  Iowa. 

She  was  regularly  employed  by  Dr.  Hughes,  the  Surgeon  in  charge. 
The  work  was  very  hard  and  she  contracted  smallpox  and  was  removed 
from  the  hospital. 

Her  husband  is  in  his  eighty-second  year.  Her  address  is  610  North 
Anderson  street,  Tacoma,  Washington. 


Mrs.  IFattmr  (0  3arkaon 


Mrs.  Jackson  served   about  1  5  months  as  Miss  Fannie  Oslin,  her  maiden 


name,    in  Field   Hospitals   viz;    Department  of   the  Cumberland,   at  Reseca, 


Big  Shanty,  Centerville,  Vinings  Station  and  Lookout  Mountain,  Tenn. 


She  was  a  regular  nurse  and   receives  a  pension.      She  is  75  years  of  age 


She  is  76  years  of  age.      She  does  not   receive  a  pension. 


and  resides  at  3  1 8  North  Chestnut  street,  Olathe,  Kansas. 


Miss  Lydia  S.  Johnson  served  from  September  1862  until  Julv  lrW>'>. 
Her  work  was  in  Georgetown.  D  <■  .  Al<  \.m<lru.  \  irginia,  (  hesapeakc 
General  Hospital  and  Old  Point  C  'omloil.   \  irginia. 


Mtb.  iCiiru  £.  LKaii'irr 


M    .   kaiser   was  Lucy   L.  Camphell     during     the     war.        She     serve  I      I 


years  with  tlie  Sanitary  Commission  in  Jefferson  Barracks,   Missouri,    and   on 


She  was  one  of  the  nursa  who,  under  Miss  Dorothv  Dix,   passed  through  Hospital  Steamers. 


the  epidemic  of  smallpox  from    186}  to   I8b5. 


She  is  80  years  of  age  and  resides  in  Lvndonville.  New    York.       She  re- 


I  ler  address  is  Leland,  Leland  Co.,  Michigan. 


cetves  a  pension. 


She  is  B4  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


JHrs.  iEmrltttc  0.  u>cmmj  SCmgatmnj 

Miss  Emeline  D.  Tenney  was  a  volunteer  nurse,  enlisting  under    Colonel 


Cushman  of  the  53rd  Illinois  Infantry  and  served  with  that   regiment    in    the 


Lincoln  Hospital  until  the  end  of  the    war,    when    she    resigned,     but    her 


resignation  was  not  accepted  until  the  Army  was  disbanded.      She    was    in 


Washington  when  President  Lincoln  was  assassinated. 


She  served  15  months.      Mrs.  Kingsbury's  address    is    Hamilton,     Texas. 


ifltrs.  &arali  A.  JUttmmer  ICrmntntt 

As  Sarah  A.  Plummer,  she  entered  the  service  at  Bellrose  and  City 
Hospitals  in  New  York  City,  being  a  member  of  Rose  Hill  Association 
Auxiliary  to  the  National  Christian  Commission,  Dr.  Henry  W.  Bellows, 
President.  She  was  a  volunteer,  giving  all  her  time  before  and  after  school 
as  student  and  teacher,  also  Sundays  and  vacations.  Her  husband  was  a 
life  long  invalid  from  starvation  and  exposure  in  Andersonville  and  Florence 
prison  pens. 

Mrs.  Lemmon  resides  at  5985  Telegraph  Ave.,  Oakland,  California. 
She  is  74  years  of  age  and  receives  no  pension. 


Mrs.  Uruuir  t.  ittaish 

Miss  Jennie  Gauslin.  now  Mi  M  u-li.  was  living  in  her  father's  house 
at  Winchester,  Va.,  during  the  civil  war  which,  from  1861  to  1863,  was 
turned  into  a  hospital  and  kepi  up  by  her  father's  and  her  own  means,  and 
where  she  nursed  the  sick  and  wounded  Union  prisoners  left  at  Winchester. 
After  General  Milroy's  defeat  she  was  sent  as  a  prisoner  by  Confederate 
Authority  and  confined  in  the  Confederate  prison  at  Richmond,  known  as 
Castle  Thunder,  with  other  loyal  ladies. 

She  married  Mr.  Lewis  Maish  a  Union  soldier  during  the  war.  She  is 
64  years  of  age  and  resides  at  Stillwater,  Minnesota.  She  receives  no 
pension. 


iflrii.   ittani  C  itiamuut 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  Mannon  responded  with  three  other  ladies  to  a  call  for 
nurses  from  Governor  Morion  of  Indiana,  leaving  Goshen,  Indiana  in 
February  1863  and  served  in  the  hospital  at  Memphis,  Tennessee  until 
June  4.    1865 

She  was  a  volunteer  nurse  but  receives  a  pension.  Mrs.  Mannon  was 
born  in   1843  and  resides  ct  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


Mrs.  Joanna  fUrltmt 


iHtiui  £»iuian  iEUnt  Marsh 


Mrs.  Melton  was  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  from   1861   to   1864.  Miss  Marsh  served   19  months  at  Armory  Square  Hospital,    Washington, 


She  was  employed  as   a  volunteer  nurse  at  Camp  Carnngton,  Lafayette, 


D.    C,   as   a   volunteer.      Her   address  is   73     Mulgrave    Street,     Liverpool, 


Indiana,   and  at   Louisville,  Kentucky. 


England.      She  receives  a  pension. 


Though  living  on  another  continent,  she  keeps  in    close    touch    with    the 


She  resides  at  947   South   7th  St.      Salt   Lake  City.   Utah.      She  is   75 


Association  of  Army  Nurses,  and  writes  beautiful  letters  to  members  of    the 


years  of  age  and  does  not  receive  a  pension. 


Association.     She  is  72  years  of   age. 


Mrs.  ittaiij  S.  iflaxtidit 

Mrs.  Maxficld  led  I'.-ona.  Him  mbei   II.  1663,  with    the    Sixth 

llli. ic  is  Cavalry,  whu  li  wrni    to    Springfield,    Illinois,    and    from  there    i<> 
Padccan,  Kentucky  and  then  to  Memphis,  Ten  -\w  was   | 

li  Mid  to  the  Adams  Block  I  lospital. 

She  served  under  her  maiden  name.  Mi-  \!ars  Kenny  1  r .r  twenty-two 
mont'is  and  was  commissioned  by  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Livermore  Mr-  Max- 
field  is  70  years  ol  age  and  receives  a  pension.  She  resides  at  Kansas 
(  ilv.  Kansas,  and  is  the  Department  President  ol  the  National  Association 
"I   \i  rses  of  the  Civil  Wai  "1   Kansas. 


ilim.  Eutrirr  iitaxiurll 


NO   SKETCH    II  RMSIIED 


lUrs.  §>iusmt  (fiarrtr  iHilla 


ifltiss  A&altu*  E.  iHillrr 


Mrs.  Mills  served  for  three  months  under  her  maiden  name,   Miss    Carrie  Miss  Miller  served  4  years  at  Cairo,  Paduca,     Kentucky    and     Millican's 

Robinson,  going  to  the  front  from  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  in  May  1861, 

under  Dr.  Crossby,  and  after  passing  her  examination  was  enrolled  by   Miss  Bend,  Nashville  Tennessee. 

Dix  at  Washington,  D.  C.      She  served  for  three  months  at  Point  of    Rocks 


and  Harper's  Ferry,  West  Virginia. 


Her  address  is  1404  Arrapahoe  St.,  Los  Angeles,  California.      She    has 


Mrs.  Mills  is  seventy  years  of  age  and  resides  at  33  White    St.,     Haver- 


hill, Massachusetts.      She  does  not  receive  a   pension. 


reached  the  advanced  age  of  83  years.      She  receives  a  pension. 


iiirn.  Aaria  ittillrr  fttrs.  Srua  '€.  ftittrr 

She  lerved  for  almost  two  years  as  a  volunteer  nurse  under     her     maiden  Al  Hena  I..   Miner  she  server!  for    18  months     at     Jeflersonville    General 


name,   Maria  I  lop|>e,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio  ;   Genr^r  Street    and     FJin     Street 


Hospitals. 


I  lotpital,  Jeflersonville,   Indiana  and  at  Jeflerson   Barracks,    St.     Louis,     Mo. 


f  ler  residence  is  at  Milan,  Indiana.      She  is  6}  years    of     age     and    does 


She  was  a  regular  nurse  and  receives  a  pension. 


not  receive  a  pension. 


She  is  Department   President  of  the  National    Association     for     Michigan. 


Mr.  Matxibii  E.  Mania 


Mrs.  3attr  M.  Minhm 


Mrs.  Morris  was  first  employed  by  Dr.  D.  W.  Bliss  and  served  at 
Armory  Square  Hospital  one  year  and  was  then  transferred  to  Findley 
Hospital  in  charge  of  Dr.  Pancoast.  She  was  there  several  months  after 
which  she  got  an  honorable  discharge  and  enlisted  with  Miss  Dorothy 
Dix  who  sent  her  to  Sandy  Hook  Hospital.  As  there  was  not  much  to 
do,  the  Surgeon  in  charge.  Dr.  Boon  secured  transportation  for  her  to  go 
to  Winchester,  West  Virginia,  where  she  helped  nurse  the  wounded  after 
Sheridan's  great  battle  and  victory  in  1863. 

After  caring  for  the  wounded  for  several  days,  Mrs.  Morris  was  sent  on 
a  hospital  train  with  them  to  more  comfortable  hospitals  in  Baltimore.  She 
then  went  back  to  Findley  Hospital  getting  a  final  discharge  January  31, 
1865,  having  served   three  years. 

Mrs.  Morris  is  75  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension.  Her  residence 
is  1372   W.  74th  Place,   Cleveland,  Ohio. 


Mrs.  Morton  served  as  a    volunteer    nurse    in     the    Prison     Hospital     at 


Nashville,  Tennessee,  being  enlisted  by  Dr.  Hickman,  Surgeon  in  charge. 


She  served  one  year  under  her  maiden  name,  from  July   1863    until     the 


hospital  was  closed  in   1864.      Mrs.  Morton  is  69  years  of  age  and   receives 


a  pension.      Her  address  is   108  Plum  St.,  Elgin,  Illinois. 


JErfi.  ittullir  <£.  Hinlt. 


Mrs.  Mott  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse    under     hei     maiden    name.     Mi 


Mollie  Carnahan.      She  nursed  foi  two  years  in  the    hospitals    at     Nashville 


and  Galatin,   Tennessee. 


She  is  teventy-eighl  yean  of  age  and  receivei  a  pension. 


Her  address  is  39  I '2  South  Main.    St..  Llkhardt,  Indiana. 


£HrB.  Caura  A.  Nrmmati 

Miss  Laura  Mount  served  (or  three  years  with  the  Potomac  Army  as 
a  volunteer  nurse,  (rom  1862  to  1865.  —  with  her  husband's  regiment,  the 
Sixth  Maryland.  She  wai  at  Culpeppa  Court  House,  Lee's  Mills, 
burg,  Virginia;  the  Conacnpl  Camp  at  New  Haven.  Connecticut. 
Todd's  Barracks,  Ohio  (or  two  months.  I  la  regiment  being  constantly 
marching  and  fighting. 

Mis.  Newman  is  sixty-fix  years  of  age  and  does    not    receive    a    pension, 
i  Idress  is  Lafayette,  Indiana. 


fUrs.  tEltsahrth  Ntrfrola 


Mrs.  Efbfrra  ICnmnmt  (Olrr.mt 


Mrs.  Nichols  went  to  Chicago  in  1861  to  nurse  her  husband  who  was 
sick  in  the  hospital.  He  belonged  to  the  1  1  1th  New  York  Infantry.  She 
was  there  enrolled  as  a  nurse  by  Dr.  Wm.  Vosbery,  Surgeon  in  charge. 
She  went  to  the  front  with  the  I  1  1th,  her  husband  being  detailed  to  assist 
her.  She  was  at  Gettysburg  and  wherever  the  regiment  was  engaged, 
battling  faithfully  with  wounds,  smallpox,  diphtheria  and  fevers  until  she 
was  discharged,  together  with  her  husband. 

Mrs.  Nichols  resides  at  Clyde,  Wayne  Co.,  New  York.  She  is  75 
of  age  and  receives  no  pension.  She  served  at  Centerville,  Virginia,  in 
Brigade  Hospital,  from  October   17,   1862  until  March   1863. 


Mrs.  Oleson  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  under  her    maiden     name.    Miss 


Rebecca  Lemmon.  from   November     1,     1862    until     March    3,     1865,     at 


Nashville  and  Look  Out  Mountain,  Tennessee. 


Mrs.  Oleson  is  past  86  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


She  resides  at  Sierraville,  California. 


iWn-..  Erbrrra  C^tia 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Otis,  whose  husband  was  at  Jefferson  Barracks.  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  scntfot  his  wife  and  child  to  usit  him.  She  tame  and  nod 
ing  the  great  need  (or  help,  joined  with  the  olher»  and  rendered  such 
efficient  aid  that,  instead  of  going  hack  to  her  home  when  the  term  of  her 
visit  expired  she  remained  as  a  nurse  under  the  earnest  solicitation  of  Dr. 
Allen,  surgeon   in  charge. 

Her  kind  and  gentle  care  soon  gained  the  confidence  of  the  sick  and 
wounded  and   with  her  consent   thay  called  her  "mothet. 

She  had  formed  her  plans  to  return  home  on  account  of  her  health  and 
to  place  her  boy  in  school,  when  she  was  overtaken  by  a  great  sorrow. 
Her  child,  at  play,  was  jumping  from  one  log  to  another  when  he  slipped 
and  fell,  the  log  rolling  over  him  killing  him  instantly.  She  returned  after 
a  short  time  and  continued  her  labor  of  love  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
Mrs.  Otis  is  85  years  of  age.  She  resides  at  Manchester.  Iowa.  She 
receives  a  pension. 


ilini.  $arrpta  CI".  Patterson 

She  served  undei  ha  maiden  name.  Sarepla  C.  McNall.  She  worked 
one  year  in  I.  S.  Hospital  Division  No.  I,  Annapolis,  and  three  years  at 
volunteer  work,  serving  4  vears  in  all.  She  resides  at  Grand  Junction. 
Colorado. 

Mrs.  Patterson   is  75  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


ifflni.  iEmaline  piiUtya 


ifflra.  (£arric  WxikhiB  JJnUarft 


As   Miss  Emaline  Tibbett,  she  served  1  16  days  in  the    Warren,     Regim-  The  name  under  which  she  served  was  Carrie   Wilkins-.^She    was    en- 

gaged not  quite  two  years  attached  to  Field  Hospital,  Louisville,  Kentucky  ; 


ental  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Look  Out  Mountain  Tennessee,  and    lastly    Floating    Hospital,     Nashville, 


New  Albany,  Indiana.      Was  there  until  the  close  of  the  war.        She    was 
She  was  a  volunteer  nurse  ;  is  70  years  of  age.     She  does  not  receive    a  sent  out  by  U.  S.  Christian  Commission  under  Miss  Annie  Wittenmeyer. 

She  is  67  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension.        Mrs.  Pollard  resides    at 


pension. 


Maxwell,  Colusa  Co.,  California. 


ii\vi\.  ittani  iB.  ilnUurk 

Mrs.  Mary    B.  Pollock   served   in   the   Army   ol   the   Potomac    al    I  lilton 
Head,  Beaufort.  S.  C  and  othei   places. 
She  was  a  volunteer  and  served  for  two  v 

Her  address  is  San  Luis.  Obispo,  C.al. 

Mrs.  Pollock    is  74    years  ol  age    and  receives    a    pension   of    $12     [>ei 


ittni.  JHaltnfta  A.  Pratt 

Mrs.    Pratt  served   under  her  maiden     name    Malmda  A.     Miller,   served 


7  months  at  Albany,  Indiana,  ai  ■  rolunteei  nur<e. 


1  l.i  addreM  il   11)6  0  Street.  Lincoln.   Nebraska. 


ith. 


\li     Pratt  is  73  years  of  age  and  receiva  ■  pennon. 


iMrs.  £.  Jrtrr 


Mrs.  Price  served  under  her  maiden  name  Rebecca  L.  Pennypacker,  for 
some  months  as  a  volunteer  nurse.  She  was  at  Wind  Mill  Point  Hospital, 
Va.,  Gettysburg,  and  Chambersburg,  Pa.  and  at  Fortress  Monroe.  Her 
visits  to  the  hospitals  were  necessarily  short.  She  did  emergency  work 
whenever  there  was  need  and  left  when  her  work  was  done.  She  had  a 
pass  from  Governor  Curtin  and  at  one  time  took  to  the  soldiers  a  large  con- 
signment of  books  and  other  goods  from  her  native  town,  Phoenixville.  She 
is  72  years  of  age  and  resides  at  1  18  Mulberry  Street,  Lancaster,  Pa.  She 
receives  a  pension. 


Mrs.  ifltarta  3C.  ffiathmrll 

Mrs.  Maria  L.   Rathmell   served   under  her  maiden   name  Miss  Maria  L. 

Moore  as  a  contract  nurse  for  a  few  days  over  one  year.      She  was  engaged 

at  Camp  Dennison,   Ohio,  in  the   Ninth   Division  of  U.  S.  Hospital  during 

the  winter  and  spring  of  1863,  when  all  matrons  were  relieved  of  duty.   She 

was  reinstated  in  March   1865  and   served  until   September   1865.      She 
ceived  pay  as  a  contract  nurse  and  now  receives  a  pension.      She  was   sent 
out    by    the    Soldiers    Aid    Society    of    Bellefontaine   and    was    under    Dr. 
McDermot,  Surgeon  in  charge.      Mrs.  Rathmell  is  75  years  of   age   and   re- 
sides at  704  Madriver  Street,  Bellefontaine,  Ohio. 


H\n\.  &arat|  JR.  Rrabing 

Mrs.  Reading  served  one  vear  as  a  volunteer  i  i   over    a    year     in 

the  U.  S.  General  Hospital  at  Davenport.  Iowa. 

Mrs.  Reading  is  69  years  of  age  and  is  pensioned  at  twelve  dollars  a 
month.      She  resides  at  Lowrv  City,   Mtttouri. 


Hi  it..  Hiarii  A.  iKirlumV.um 

Mrs.  Richardson,  then  \Ii-  \l.u\  \  Ransom,  «'-.il  to  the  hospital  at 
Albany,  N  V  to  help  \l.n\  <  are)  and  Di.  Armsby  where  she  was  en- 
listed as  a  nurse  by  Dr.  Amaby,  June  2.  lrV>2  and  served  there  six  months. 
From  there  she  went  to  Fredericlu  C  ity,  Maryland,  where  she  remained  for 
six  months,  going  there  at  the  request  ol  Dr.  L.  I  I  I  felsby.  Surgeon  in 
charge. 

Mrs.  Richardson  has  many  letters  from  the  boys  she  nursed  expressing 
their  gratitude  to  her.  some  saying    "You  saved     my  life. 

She  was  a  regular  nurse  and  was  discharged  by  Gideon  Bants,  Agent  for 
the  Christian  Commission  and  Maryland  Relief  Association.  February  21, 
1865.  She  is  75  years  of  age  and  resides  with  her  husband  at  the 
Soldier'*  I  lome,  \  belaud,  N.  J. 


ifflrs.  AKrr  Ularu  IRtslnt 

Miss  Alice  C.  Farmer  with  her  mother,  Mrs.  Phoebe  Farmer,  after  in- 
numerable hardships  reached  New  Orleans  and  commenced  the  work  of 
caring  for  the  sick  in  Marine  University,  St.  James  and  St.  Louis  Hospitals. 

Mrs.  Farmer's  husband  refused  to  vote  for  secession  and  was  oblidged, 
in  the  spring  of  1862,  to  seek  safety  in  New  Orleans,  after  which  his 
family  received  no  mail.      Mrs.  Farmer  being  charged  with  being  a  spy. 

Dick  Taylor  and  his  men  threatened  to  hang  her.  One  dark  night  the 
helpless  woman  and  her  daughter  left  their  beautiful  home  and  were  taken 
aboard  a  steamer  and  locked  in  a  stateroom  by  the  friendly  captain. 
Eventually  they  were  landed  at  Braspear  City.  Her  term  of  service  was 
from  August  1862  to  September  1865.  She  is  65  years  of  age.  Mrs. 
Risley  receives  no  pension. 


Utrfi.  lEltsabrlh  Amutsta  fittgatll 

Mrs.  Russell  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  for  over  four    years    under    the 


New  England  Association. 


Her  work  was  done  in  New  York  City  Hospitals.      She  is  77  years  of  age 


and  is  pensioned  by  Special  Act  of  Congress. 


Her  home  is  in  Minneapolis  but  she  spends    part   of    each    year    at    her 


country  home,  Maine,  Florida.      Those  of    the  Association    who    were    at 


Minneapolis  in   1906  will  remember  her  gracious  efforts  for  their  comfort. 


iflrs.  Emma  A.  &arkrtl 

Mrs.   Sackett   served   under   her  maiden  name,    Emma   A     I  rench.      She 
was    employed   as    regular     nurse  at   U.   S.   General    I  inspital    "Jelierv>n. 
Jelfersonville,  Indiana.      She  i^  <>H  years  of  age  and  >  pension. 

Her   address  is   Winterset,    Iowa.      Time  ol  service    seven     months    and 
twenty-three  days. 


Mrs.  Aim  ittaria  U».  *rhram. 

\1r<  Schram  served  as  a  volunteer.  Her  husband  was  one  of  the  first 
young  men  of  Amsterdam  to  respond  to  the  call  for  volunteers..  His  young 
wife  was  eager  to  do  something  for  her  country,  and  the  citizens  of  Amster- 
dam assisted  her  to  get  to  the  front.  She  reported  at  Fredericksburg  and 
was  assigned  by  Drs.  McKenzie  and  Haynes  to  duty  in  Camp  outside  of 
Fredericksburg  among  the  sick  and  wounded  brought  thither  from  South 
Mountain  and  Antietam.  She  served  for  10  months  until  her  health  was 
impaired  by  the  exposure  and  hard  work  and  she  was  obliged  to  leave  the 
service.  She  received  no  pay  for  her  services  not  even  her  board  being 
provided.  Mrs.  Schram  is  76  years  of  age.  She  is  Department  President 
of  the  Association  of  Army  Nurses.  She  resides  at  386  First  St..  Albany. 
N    Y..  and  receives  a  pension  by  Special  Act   of  Congress. 


Mia.  iWarij  E.  ^mitlj 

As  Mary  E.  Webber  she  served  from  the  Fall  of  1862  until  July  1865. 


She  was  engaged  in  the  Jarvis  United  States  General  Hospital,  Baltimore, 


Maryland. 


Her  present  address  is  I  16  Congress  Street,  Lowell,  Mass. 


Mrs.  Smith  is  67   years  of  age  and   does  not  receive  a  pension. 


iHns.  Amanita   $.  ^>mi|ttf 

Mrs.  Amanda  B.  Smyth  served  about  seven  months.  Her  husband  had 
enlisted  and  when  she  heard  that  he  was  sick  in  a  hospital  in  New  Albany 
Indinna,  she  went  to  him  with  her  child  who  was  one  year  old.  There 
being  over  300  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  she  assisted  in  caring  for  as  many 
as  she  could. 

She  remained  in  the  hospital  until  her  husband  recovered.      He  is  still  an 

invalid  suffering  from   the  effects    of   a  wound    received    at     the    battle    of 

Chickamauga.      Mrs.  Smyth  resides  at  Carrollton,  Ohio.     She  is  70  years 
of  age  and  receives  a  pension  of  $12  a  month. 

Mrs.  Smyth  is  Department  President  of  the  Association  of  Army  Nurses 
for  Ohio,  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 


ii\n\.  $\uuli  51.  &pragxu 

Mrs.  Sprague  served  under  her  maiden  name,  Sarah  J.  Milhkrn. 

She  enlisted  under  Miss   D<>u>lliy    Dix,     serving    liom     September     1862 

until  March  1864,  having  been  employed  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Mrs. 
Sprague  resides  at  Wells'  Plate,  Lynn,  Massachussetts.  She  is  81  years 
ol  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


iUiT..  tlinuiu  p.  fbptnttt 

\li-  Spenoel  went  to  the  tuml  with  her  husband,  who  was  Surgeon  of 
the  1 47th  New   York  Infantry. 

The  purveying  steamer  Planter  was  placed  at  her  disposal  and  she  was 
ready  for  every  battle  in  which  the  Potomac  Army  was  e.igaged,  being  one 
ol  the  first  to  rrai  h  Gettysburg  where  shei  mained  lot  several  weeks.  She 
cared  for  General  Sickles  after  his  limb  was  amputated. 

She  was  selected  bj  the  State  "I  New  ^  <>rk  as  one  of  the  four  of  its 
heroines  whose  statues  are  placed  in  marble  on  the  Grand  Stair  Case  of  the 
Capitol  at  Albany. 

Mrs.  Spencer  was  wounded  by  a  spent  ball  at  City  Point  injuring  the 
sciatic  nerve  and  crippling  her  for  life.  She  is  91  years  of  age  and  resides 
at  Oswego.  New   York. 


iHrfi.  Susannah  &pr<uutr. 


Mrs.  UlmttHta  M.  &taitUu 


Mrs.  Sprague  served  at  Fort  Scott  and  Fort  Leavenworth,   Kansas,    dur-  Mrs.  Stanley  served   under  her   maiden   name,  Miss  Cornelia   M.  Tomp- 


ing  the  two  years  she  was  employed. 


kins.  Her  home  at  that  time  being  at  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.  She  was 
enlisted  by  James  E.  Yeatman,  agent  (or  Miss  Dix,  and  received  a  com- 
mission   from    the  latter.      She    served   for    two    years    and  one  month    at 


Her  address  is  2353  Cleveland  Place,  Denver,   Colorado.       She    was    a  Memphis,  Tennessee.      Benton   and  Jefferson   Barracks,  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

Mrs.  Stanley's   present   residence  is  Gardena,  Cal.,    Box  10  R.  D.      She 


volunteer  nurse  and  receives  no   pension. 


is  72  years  of 


years  ot  age. 


iflrs.  iflaru  t.  £tflliar1 

Mtv  Stewart i  husband,  I)r     I     |    I  i*  appointed  by  the  G' 

nor  o(  Ohio,  Surgeon  to  the  Madison.  Indiana  Hospital  and  i  iti/ens  01  her 
home  town  requested  her  to  ^o  to  the  hospital  promising  that  they  would 
send  supplies  tor  it  direct  to  her.  She  went,  hearing  her  own  expense,  and 
caring  for  the  sick  and  wounded,  doing  well  all  that  was  put  in  her  hands 
to  do  hy  Colonel  Grant,  in  command  at  that  place  \li-  Stewart  served 
Seven  months  as  a  volunteer  nurse  hut  receives  no  pension.  She  resides  at 
South  C  ollege  Street,    .Athens.   Ohio. 


ilin..  iliaru  (§.  Srirunui 

Mrs.  Stevens  served  under  her  maiden  name,  Miss  Mary  O.  Townsend, 
lor  5  months  at  Seminary  Hospital.  Georgetown,  Armory  Square,  and 
Columhia  General  Hospital.  Washington,  D.  C.  Her  address  is  56 
HoitOD  Street.  Peahody.  Massachusetts.  Mrs.  Stevens  does  not  recrive  a 
|>ension.      She  is  6ft  years  ol   age. 


Hira.  Sophia  f$trphrnsmt 

Names  under  which  she  served.  Dr.  Colham   and  Dr.  B.  F.  Stephenson. 


Length  of  service,  1861   to  1865. 


Her  field  of  labor  was  in   Toledo,  Ohio;  Springfield,  Illinois,  and   Nash- 


ville, Tennessee. 


Mrs.  Stephenson   is  72   years  of     age.      Her  address  is  Winterset,    Iowa. 


She  never  received  any  pension. 


Mrs.  Amur  l\vi\  ^tttbbs 

Mrs.  Stubbs  served  for  one  year  as  a  volunteer  nurse,  then  became  a 
regular  nurse  for  the  remainder  of  her  term  of  service  of  over  three  years. 
The  field  of  her  labor  embraced  Harpers  Ferry,  Acquia  Creek,  12th  Corps 
Hospital,  after  Chancellorsville,  Gettysburg  and  Nashville. 

Her  present  address  is  Merion,  Pa.  She  is  7 1  years  of  age;  she  receives 
a  pension. 

On  account  of  her  youth  Miss  Dix  refused  to  enroll  her  as  a  nurse  but 
after  she  had  served  a  short  time  she  received  from  Miss  Dix  the  highest 
testimonials. 


Dr.  Uriita  itt.  &urarta 

Dr.  Vesta  M.  Swarts.  early  in  July  1864,  went  to  the  South  expecting 
to  join  her  husband  who  was  Assistant  Surgeon  o(  the  100th  Indiana 
Volunteers.  Reaching  Indianapolis  and  finding  communications  were  cut 
off.  Governor  Morton  suggested  that  she  should  report  in  person  to  the 
Christian  Commission  Agency  at  Louisville.  Kentucky.  She  began  work 
under  Annie  Wittenmeyer  at  Brown  U.  S.  Hospitals,  afterwards  being 
transferred  to  Crittenden  0.  S.  General  Hospital  at  Louisville  till  March 
1865. 

Dr.  Swarts  resides  at  210  N.  Main  St.,  Auburn.  Indiana.  She  is  69 
years  of  age  and  was  a  regular  nurse.  She  receives  a  pension  of  $  I  2  per 
month. 


ittrii.  (IhaiUittr  ittanuut  aluurq.iimu 

Mis.  Thompson  served   I   year  in  the  L    S.  General  Hospital.    GeisLoro. 
Maryland,  near  Washington.  D.  C. 

She  was  a  volunteer  for  a  short  time,  then  Ix-came  a     regular     nurse    and 


pay. 


Mrs.  Thompson  is  71  years  of  age  and  resides  at   Brodhead.     W 


isconsm. 


Sh 


e  receives  a  pension. 


iitrs.  Paislinr  (Etiumpguiu 

Mrs.  Thompson  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  General  Hospital  at  Lex- 
ington, Kentucky,  by  James  E.  Yeatman,  agent  for  Miss  Dix,  at  the  office 
of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,   May  3,    1863. 

In  the  spring  of  1 865  she  was  again  employed  in  the  General  Hospital 
at  Camp  Nelson  by  Surgeon  Lloyd,  and  served  under  him  and  Dr. 
Mitchell,  six  months,  but  through  Dr.  Mitchell's  neglect  did  not  receive  any 
pay  for  the  last  period,  which  he  failed  to  draw  and  forward  to  her. 

Mrs.  Thompson's  record  of  service  in  1 865  were  destroyed  by  a  fire  at 
her  home  January  22,    1885.      Mrs.  Thompson  resides  at  Berwyn,     Illinois. 


ittins  iEHza  IC.  cimmtsmfi 


Miss  Townsend  served  as  a    volunteer    nurse    for     I  1     months,     date    of 


service  not  given.      She  served  in  hospitals  at  Baton  Rogue,  Louisiana. 


She  is  78  years  old  and  receives  a  pension.        Miss  Townsend's    address 


is   1277  East  Davis  Street,  Portland,  Oregon. 


ittrg.  Caura  R.  ansim 

Mrs.  Tyson  enlisted  as  a  nurse  in  September  1862  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war  in  the  Citizens  Volunteer  Hospital,  Philadelphia,  under 
her  maiden  name,  Miss  Laura  K.  Cotton.  Her  first  work  was  to  help  care 
for  three  hundred  wounded  from  the  battle  ol  Anbetam.  She  answered  a 
call  for  volunteers  sent  out  from  the  hospital.  The  wounded  had  received 
no  attention  until  they  arrived  three  days  after  the  battle,  but  under  the 
intelligent  supervision  of  Dr.  R.  S.  Kenradinr'  wen-  soon  made  as  comfort- 
able as  their  condition  allowed 

"Miss  Laura"  as  the  "boys"  called  her,  remained  until  the  close  of  the 
war  when  she  married  Mr.  George  Ivson  and  was  absent  from  her  work 
for  one  month.  Mrs.  Tyson  is  75  years  of  age  and  receives  no  pension. 
Her  residence  is  97  Garfield  St..  Chelsea.  Mass. 


iflni.  $usan  ItUuiuuk 

As  Susan  Mercer  she  served  nearly  six  mor.ths  as  a  volunteer,  at 
Murfreesboro  Tennessee,  Hospital  No.  I.  Dr.  McColloch,  Surgeon  in 
charge. 

Mrs.  Warnock's  address   is   Lockmgton,   Shelby  Co.,   Ohio.      She  is  70 

years  of  age,  and  does  not  receive  a  pension 


ifflrs.  £uiita  3C.  JBljitrman 

Mrs.  Whiteman  served  from  the  time  the  first  gun  was  fired  until  August 
30,  1865,  first,  in  Organization  Relief  Association  in  Philadelphia  and 
nursed  those  who  were  left  at  the  Cooper  Shop  Hospital. 

She  also  was  engaged  as  sick  nurse  in  Camp  at  Georgetown  Hospital 
and  at  Yorktown.  From  there  she  went  to  Warren  Barracks  under  Cap- 
tain Manton. 

After  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Mrs.  Whiteman  found  a  man,  left  for 
dead  at  the  foot  of  a  tree,  and  against  the  protest  of  the  men  in  the  am- 
bulance had  him  taken  to  the  hospital,  where  she  nursed  him.  That  man 
was  Colonel  Baxter.      He  says  she  saved  his  life. 

Mrs.  Whiteman  served  under  Miss  Dix  most  of  the  time.  She  is  84 
years  of  age,  resides  at  1332  Brown  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  receives  no 
pension. 


iMra-  (Egtttijta  BUittr 

Mrs.     White    served   under   her    maiden   name,     Cynthia    Elbin,     at   the 


Soldiers    Hospital,   called  "Camp  McClellan,"  and  at  Davenport,    Iowa,   for 


eight  and  one  half  months,  as   a  volunteer.      She  is  66  years  of  age  and  re- 


ceives a  pension.      Her  address  is  Lowry  City,  Missouri. 


ittrs.  EUrta  BHUard 

Mrs.  Willard  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  from  1861  to  close  of  the  war. 
Her  husband  Luther  B.  Willard,  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  was  appointed 
as  agent  to  supply  medical  supplies  to  the  soldiers  and  render  other  aid. 
He  represented  private  citizens  who  were  contributing  money  for  the  wel- 
fare of  the  Union  soldiers.      Mrs.  Willard    went  with  him  to  the  front. 

Mrs.  Willard  served  at  the  hospitals  in  Nashville,  Chattanooga  and 
Lookout  Mountain,  Tennessee.  Much  of  her  time  was  spent  in  distribut- 
ing sanitary  supplies  and  nursing  the  sick  and  wounded  in  St.  Mary's 
Harper   Hospitals    and  the    barracks   at    Detroit.     Michigan. 

Mrs.  Willard  resides  at  487  Merrich  Avenue,  Detroit.  She  is  82  years 
of  age  and  receives  a  pension. 


ittni.  iiiaru  t£lrauur  Willsim 

Mrs.  Willson  volunteered  as  a  nurse  in  1862  and  served  three  months. 
She  was  then  regularly  commissioned  by  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Livermore,  acting 
for  Miss  Dix,  at  Chicago,  in    February  1863. 

Her  service  covered  a  period  of   almost  two   years  with  the  Army  of  the 

Cumberland   on     the     field,     in     Post   Hospitals,     Adam's     Block     Hospital, 

Memphis,  Tenn.,    and    on    hospital    boats   on   the     Mississippi    River.      Age 

not   given. 

Mrs.  Willson  resides  at  Westgate.  California,  or  622  North  I Oth  St. 
Sawtelle,  Cal.      You   will  see  she  gives  both  addresses. 


iHrs.  ICcmuna  Urutfrt 


Mrs.  ICury  A.  thuttm 


Mrs.  Wright  served  under   her  maiden  name,  Leonora  Smith.      Her  field  As  Lucy  A.    Newton  she  served    7  months,  at  Camp  Baxter,  St.   Johns- 


of  labor  was  in  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  and  Nashville,  and     Memphis     Ten- 


burg  Vermont   with   the    3rd   Vol.   Regiment,   also   at    Camp  Lyon,   Camp 


nessee.      She  was  commissioned  by  Governor  O.  P.  Morion. 


Advance,  and  Camp  Griffin  as  a  volunteer. 


Sh 


e  receives  a  pension. 


Mrs.  Wright  is   79  years  of  age.      She  receives  a   pension.      Her   address 


Mrs.  Young  s    address  is  St.   Johnsburg,  Vermont.      She   is  68    years  of 


is  467  W.  3rd  St.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 


age. 


ittiii.  Emily  Aliirr 

Mrs.  Alder  had  two  brothers  in  the  Union  Army,  one  of  whom  died  at 
the  close  of  four  years'  service.  Her  husband,  Henry  Alder,  enlisted  in 
the  1  3th  Wisconsin  Volunteers  and  in  1863  she  followed  him  to  the  front 
as  a  nurse. 

After  six  months  hard  service  at  Paducah  and  Fort  Donaldson,  Mrs. 
Alder  was  stricken  with  a  serious  illness  on  the  Fort  Donaldson  battlefield. 
Her  regiment  was  under  marching  orders,  but  the  Colonel  gave  her  husband 
four  days  leave  as  the  Surgeon  said  it  would  be  all  over  in  that  time,  but 
as  she  says,  "God  spared  my  life  lo  take  a  disabled   husband." 

After  her  illness  she  was  oblidged  lo  return  home.  She  was  a  volunteer 
nurse  and  received  r.o  pension  or  pay.  Mrs.  Alder  resides  at  C  lanon, 
Iowa  and  is  seventy  years  of  age. 


ittiiiii  MoBBit  Ruby 

Daughter  ol  Mary  E.  Lacy,  President,  who  by  her  many  acts  of  loving 
and  unselfish  care  for  the  Nurses  of  the  Civil  War  had  so  endeared  them 
to  her  that  at  their  convention  at  Sa!t  Lake  City  in  1909  she  was  adopted 
as  the  daughter  of  the  National  Association  of  Army  Nurses  and  presented 
with  iti  Offuial  Badge. 


iflrs.  (Catliarinr  <&.  iSimgleHB 


Dr.  Nattnj  iW.  iiU 


Mrs.  Bengless  volunteered  as  a  nurse  in  April  1862  and  served  until 
December  24th,  a  period  of  nine  months,  under  her  maiden  name.  Miss 
Hattie  Griffith  in  the  hospital  at  Broad  and  Cherry  Stseets,  the  first  hospital 
established  in    Philadelphia. 

She  was  chosen  by  Dr.  Neil,  Surgeon  in  charge  and  Miss  Peterson, 
Matron,  to  assist  Mrs.  Gulespie  who  had  charge  of  the  first  ward.  Miss 
Griffith  at  the  close  of  her  service  married  Rev.  J.  D.  Bengless  of  Paw- 
tucket,  R.  I.  About  one  hundred  convalescent,  sick  and  wounded  soldiers 
attended  the  ceremony  which  took  place  in  the  Baptist  Church  just  across 
the  street  from  the   hospital. 

Mrs.  Bengless  is  74  years  of  age  and  resides  at  24  Cliff  St.,  Ansonia. 
Connecticut.      She  does  not  receive  a  pension. 


Htm.  #>arah   (£.  ICrrlfHtmt 

Mrs.  Eccleston  volunteered  as  a  nurse  under  her  maiden  name,  Miss 
Sallie  E.  C.  Chamberlin,  and  served  twelve  months  in  Nashville,  Ten- 
nessee, in  hospitals  one  and  eight. 

After  the  war  she  married  but  took  up  Kindergarten  teaching  which  she 
practiced  successfully  in  her  own  country  until  1868  when  she  was  called 
to  the  Argentine  Republic  of  South  America  to  found  its  first  Kinder- 
garten and  training  school  in  the  Government  College  at  Parana,  later  being 
transferred  to  Buenos  Aires  where  she  taught  until  retired  on  a  pension 
from  the  Government  of  the  Argentine  Republic  in  1904. 

She  was,  on  May  14th  1910,  called  to  Mendoza  to  organize  another 
National  Kindergarten  and  preparatory  school.  Mrs.  Eccleston  is  70  years 
of  age  and  receives  no  pension.  Her  address  is  Calle  Salguno,  1810 
Buenos  Aires,  Argentine  Republic. 


Dr.  Hill  volunteered  as  a  nurse  in  April  1863  and  served  as  Miss  Annie 
M.  Hill  until  September  1865  in  Army  Square  Hospital,  Washington,  D. 
C.  She  was  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  but  after  the  war  located  in  Du- 
buque, Iowa,  where  after  taking  a  medical  course,  she  successfully  practiced 
as  a  physician  until  a  few  months  ago  when  failing  health  compelled  her  to 
give  up  her  practice  and  she  now  resides  with  her  brother  in  Chicago,  Mr. 
Edward  Hill. 

Dr.  Hill  relates  many  thrilling  pathetic  events  of  her  service,  one  of  a 
young  Kentucky  boy  who  was  drafted  and  on  his  way  to  the  front  became 
ill.  His  father  and  three  brothers  had  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army,  one 
brother  being  killed  in  battle.  His  mother  tried  in  vain  to  get  him  off,  but 
Miss  Hill  prevailed  upon  him  to  tell  his  story  to  President  Lincoln.  "You 
shall  hear  from  me  soon,  any  mother  who  has  sent  a  husband  and  three 
sons  to  the  Army  shall  keep  her  baby  at  home."  Three  days  later  an 
honorable  discharge  came  for  the  boy  signed  by  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Dr.  Hill  is  75  years  old  and  resides  at  1151   Union  Ave.,     Chicago,     111. 


iutsau  £.  iBamt,  iffi.  0. 

Susan  E.  Barry,  M.  D.,  (nee  Susan  E.  Hall  I ,  commenced  her  four 
years  of  service  at  the  first  Bull  Run  battle,  and  afterwards  wherever 
needed,  finishing  her  work  at  Chatanooga,  Tennessee.  Mrs.  Barry  was  a 
medical  graduate  before  she  entered  as  a  nurse,  receiving  her  diploma  after 
the  close  of  the  war. 

She  was  a  regular  nurse  serving  under  Miss  Dix.  She  married  Robert 
L.  Barry  after  the  war  and  went  to  Honolula.  She  has  resided  in  Cali- 
fornia for  a  number  of  years  and  is  84  years  old.  She  receives  a  pension 
of  $1  2  per  month. 


iflrs.  iitrlni  iBraiuarfl  (Cnlr 


ittrii.  ittanj  A.  fc.  UliuiiUimrtb 


Mrs.  Cole  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  in  hospitals  at  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky ;  Washington,  D.  C.  ;  Memphis  and  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  City 
Point,  Virginia. 

Mrs.  Cole  is  69  years  of  age  and  resides  at  Sheboygan  Falls,  Wisconsin. 
She  receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month.  She  is  Department  President, 
N.  A.  A.  N.  for  Wisconsin. 


ittni.  t&rbrrra  E.  (braij 


Mrs.  Gray  served  as  a  volunteer  nurse  for  neary  two  years  at  Fair  Oaks. 
Virginia,  in  front  of  Richmond  on  the  field  and  on  the  transport  Vander- 
hell. 

She  is  69  years  of  age,  is  blind,  bed  ridden  and  dependant  upon  charity. 
She  receives  no  pension.  Her  addresss  is  7b2  Bergen  St..  Brooklyn, 
New  York. 


iflrs.  iflarii  Atolatto  3obra 

As  Mary  Adelaide  Daugherty,  she  served  about  one  year  at  hospital  No. 
15,  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  at  Adams  Hospital,  Memphis,  Tennessee. 

Mrs.  Jobes  is  70  years  of  age  and  resides  at  990  West  33rd  St.,  Indian- 
apolis, Indiana.      She  receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month. 


ifltfifl  ^uiiatt  iL  fororll 

Miss  Susan  R.  Lovell's  term  of  service  was  from  February  1864  until 
September  1865,  at  Benton  Barracks,  St.  Louis,  Missouri  and  Wilson 
General  Hospital,  Cumberland  Barracks,  Nashville,  Tennessee.  Her 
residence  is  at  1 267  Lane  St.,  Topeka,   Kansas. 

Miss  Lovell   is  78  years  of  age  and  receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month. 


Mrs.  Woodworth  served  under  her  maiden  name.  Miss  Mary  A.  E. 
Keen  from  July  23rd  1861  to  July  1865.  The  scene  of  her  labors  was  in 
the  Seminary  Hospital,  Georgetown,  D.  C.  and  at  Chesapeake  Hospital  at 
Fortress  Monroe.  During  her  service  she  was  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
Miss  Dix. 

Her  present  address  is  1424  S.  St.  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Woodworth  receives  a  pension.      Age  not  given. 


iflrs.  iliarta  ifl.  (L  LKirharihi 

Miss  Maria  M.  C.  Hall,  the  name  under  which  she  served,  was  em- 
ployed from  September  1861  to  May  1865  in  the  Patent  Office  Hospital, 
Washington,  D.  C.  on  the  James  River  Transports  and  Camps.  Also  in 
Smoketown  Field  Hospital  after  Antietam.  and  General  Hospital,  Annap- 
olis, Maryland. 

Mrs.  Richards'  address  is  Weathersfield,  Connecticut.  She  is  73  years 
of  age  and  receives  a  pension  of  $12  per  month. 


ifluui  Aiidia  iCramtt. 

Miss  Leavitt  served  six  months  as  a  volunteer  nurse  being  enlisted  by 
Mrs.  J.  Cole,  President  of  the  Sanitary  Commission  of  Wisconsin.  She 
was  sent  to  the  Post  Hospital  at  Milwaukee,  March  I,  1865  where  she 
remained  three  months  and  was  then  transferred  to  Prairie  Duchein 
Hospital,  where  she  remained  until  its  close  in   September   1865. 

Miss  Leavitt  is  68  years  of  age  and  resides  at  Oconomowoc.  Wisconsin. 
She  does  not  receive  a  pension. 


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Si|P  fallowing  Jlom,  rmnpnaea  bo.  iHiaa  (Ulara 
barton,  was  rrao  by   Ijrr   at  tin*   Mwcewsil  Hr- 
r  ration  ano  fBanqurt  by  tljr  ICabtPB  of  ttjr  {lotomar  '"  ' 
Olorpis  at  Hillaro's   S?otfl.   BHafiljington.   i.  €.,•     « 
3fourmbrr  IB.  1892,  in  response  to  tltp  aboitp  toast. 


The  women  who  went  to  the  field,  you  say. 
The  women  who  went  to  the  field;  and  pray 
What  did  they  go  for? — just  to  he  in  the  way? 
They'd  not  know  the  difference  betwixt  work  and 

play. 
And  what  did  they  know  about  war,  anyway? 
What  could  they  do?  of  what  use  could  they  he? 
They  would  scream  at  the  sight  of  a  gun.  don't  you 

see  ? 
-Just  fancy  them  round  where  the  bugle-notes  play. 
And  the  long  roll  is  bidding  us  on  to  the  fray. 
Imagine  their  skirts    'mong  artillery  wheels. 
And  watch  for  their  flutter  as  they  flee   'cross  the 

fields 


When    the    charge    is    rammed    home    and    the    fire 

belches  hot ; 
They  never  would  wait  for  the  answering  shot. 
They  would  faint  at  the  first  drop  of  blood  in  their 

sight. 
What  fun  for  us  boys, —  (ere  we  enter  the  fight)  ; 
They  might  piek  some  lint,  and  tear  up  some  sheets. 
And  make  us  some  jellies,  and  send  on  their  sweets. 
And  knit  some  soft  socks  for  Uncle  Sam's  shoes. 
And  write  us  some  letters,  and  tell  us  the  news. 
And  thus  it  was  settled,  by  common  consent. 
Of  husbands,  or  brothers,  or  whoever  went. 
That    the   place    for   the    women    was    in    their    own 

homes. 


There  to  patiently  wail  until  victory  comes. 
I>"l   later  it   chanced     .just   how,  no  one  knew 
Thai  the  lines  slipped  a  hil  and  some  Van  to  crowd 
I hrpugh  : 

And   they  went;     where  did   they   go?     Ah!   where 
did-  tJiey  n,u  I 

Show  us  the  battje.     th,<    fi-t. I.  .  or  the  snol 

>  * 

\\  :i:-re  ih<    -.'roans  of  the  wounded  rang  out  on  the 

a  ir 

That    her  ear   caughl    it    not.   and    her   hand    was   nol 
there ; 

Who  wiped  the  death  sweal   iv»\u  the  cold,  clammy 
broM . 

And  seni   home  the  message:     "  Tis  well  with  him 

now  "  ; 
Who      Watched      III      the      tents      whilst      the      feVef      files 

burned, 
And  the  pain-tossing  limbs  in  agony  turned. 
And  wet  the  parched  tongue,  calmed  delirum's  strife 

Till    the  dying  lips   murmured.   "My    mother."  "My 
wife  '"  .' 

And  who  wrvi'  they  all.'     they  were  many,  my  men: 


Their  records  were  kepi  by  no  tabular  pen; 
The.,    exist    in  traditions  from   father  to  son. 
Who    recalls,    in    dim    memory,    now     here    and    there 
one. 

A    lew    names  were  writ,  and   by  chance  live  to-day; 
Kut   's  perishing  record,  last  fading  away. 

<  M    those  we  recall,  there  are  scarcely    a  score — 
Dix.  Dame.  Bickerdyke,      Edson,  Harvey  and   Moore. 
Fales,  Wittemeyer,  (iilson.  Safford  and  Lee. 
And   poor  Cutter,  dead  in  the  sands  of  the  sea  ; 

Ami  Prances  I).  Gage,  our  "Aunl  Fanny"  of  old, 
Whose  voice  rang  for  freedom  when   freedom   was 

sold. 

And    Husband,   and      Etheridge.     and      Harlan    and 
Case. 

[jivermore,  Alcott,  Hancock  and  Chase, 

And  Turner,  and   Hawley,  and  Potter  and  Hall. 

Ah!  the  list    grows  apace,  as  they  come  at    the  call: 
Did   these  women   quail   at    the  si<_dit    of  a   gun? 
Will  some  soldier  tell  us  of  one  he  saw  run.' 
\.  ill   he  glance  at    the  boats  on  the  greal    western 
flood, 


At  Pittsburg  and  Shiloh,  did  they  faint  at  the  blood.' 
And  the  brave  wife  of  Grant  stood  there  with  them 

then. 
And  her  calm  stately  presence  gave  strength  to  his 

men. 

And  Marie  of  Logan  :  she  went  with  them  too ; 
A  bride,  scarcely  more  than  sweetheart,  'tis  true. 
Her  young  cheek  grows  pale  when  the  bold  troppers 

ride. 
Where  the  "Black  Eagle"  soars,  she  is  close  at  his 

side. 
She  staunches  his  blood,  cools  the  fever-burnt  breath, 
And  the  wave  of  her  hand  stays  the  Angel  of  Death  ; 
She  nurses  him  back,  and  restors  once  again 
To  both  army  and  state  the  great  leader  of  men. 
She  has  smoothed  his  black  plumes  and  laid  them  to 

sleep 
Whilst  the  angels  above  them  their  high  vigils  keep; 
And    she    sits    there    alone,    with    the    snow    on    her 

brow — 
Your  cheers   for  her,  Comrades!     Three  cheers  for 

her  now. 
And  these  were  the  women  who  went   to  the  war: 
The   women   of  question;  what    did  they   go   for.' 


Because  in  their  hearts  God  had  planted  the  seed 
Of  pity  for  woe,  and  help  for  its  need  ; 
They  saw,  in  high  purpose,  a  duty  to  do. 
And  the  armor  of  right  broke  the  barriers  through. 
Uninvited,  unaided,  unsanctioned  oftimes, 
With  pass,  or  without  it.  they  pressed  on  the  lines; 
They  pressed,  they  implored,  till  they  ran  the  lines 
through. 

And  that  was  the  "running"  the  men  saw  them  do.- 
Twas  a  hampered  work,  its  worth   largely  lost  ; 
Twas  hindrance,  and  pain,  and  effort,  and  cost  : 
lint   through   these  came   knowledge, — knowledge   is 

power, — 
And  never  again  in  the  deadliest  hour 
Of  war  or  of  peace  shall  we  be  so  beset 
To  accomplish  the  purpose  our  spirits  have  met. 
And  what  would  they  do  if  war  came  again  .' 
The  scarlet  cross  floats  where  all  was  blank  then. 
They  would  pin  on  their  "brassards"  and  march  to 

the  fray. 
And  the  man  liveth  not  who  could  say  to  them  nay; 
They  would  stand  with  you  now.  as  they  sood  with 

yon  then. — ■ 
The  nurses,  consolers,  and  saviors  of  men. 


(Hoi.  iFrank  fH.  BlnrtU 

EXECUTIVE     DIRECTOR 

PAST  DEPARTMENT  COMMANDER,  MISSOURI 

Honorary  Member 
NATIONAL   ASSOCIATION   ARMY    NURSES 


(Uul.  iRnbrrt   ®.  Uratlj 

F>AST    OOMMANDER-IN-OHI6F 

Honorary    Member 
NATIONAL    ASSOCIATION    ARMY    NURSES 


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