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