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Woman's Work in the Civil War

Woman's Work in the Civil War

by L. P. Brockett

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Author
Vaughan, Mary C.
Title
Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
Credits
Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Cally Soukup and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
Subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
Category
Text
eBook-No.
21853
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21853
Release Date
June 18, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Woman's Work in the Civil War :
  2. 2.L. P. BROCKETT, M.D., — AND
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.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.
  5. 5.PREFACE.
  6. 6.CONTENTS.
  7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  8. 8.INTRODUCTION. — FOOTNOTES: — Woman's Work in the Civil War.
  9. 9.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
  10. 10.PART I. — SUPERINTENDENT OF NURSES.
  11. 11.DOROTHEA L. DIX — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.PART II. — LADIES WHO MINISTERED TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN CAMP, FIELD AND GENERAL HOSPITALS.
  13. 13.CLARA HARLOWE BARTON. [C] — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.HELEN LOUISE GILSON. — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.MRS. JOHN HARRIS.
  16. 16.MRS. ELIZA C. PORTER
  17. 17.MRS. MARY A. BICKERDYKE.
  18. 18.MARGARET E. BRECKINRIDGE. — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.MRS. STEPHEN BARKER
  20. 20.AMY M. BRADLEY
  21. 21.MRS. ARABELLA G. BARLOW.
  22. 22.MRS. NELLIE MARIA TAYLOR.
  23. 23.MRS. ADALINE TYLER.
  24. 24.MRS. WILLIAM H. HOLSTEIN.
  25. 25.MRS. CORDELIA A. P. HARVEY
  26. 26.MRS. SARAH R. JOHNSTON.
  27. 27.EMILY E. PARSONS.
  28. 28.MRS. ALMIRA FALES.
  29. 29.MISS CORNELIA HANCOCK.
  30. 30.MRS. MARY MORRIS HUSBAND.
  31. 31.HOSPITAL TRANSPORT SERVICE. — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.OTHER LABORS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL TRANSPORT CORPS.
  33. 33.KATHERINE P. WORMELEY
  34. 34.THE MISSES WOOLSEY. — FOOTNOTES:
  35. 35.ANNA MARIA ROSS. — ERECTED BY HER FRIENDS — ANNA M. ROSS, — Died, December 22, 1863 .
  36. 36.MRS. G. T. M. DAVIS.
  37. 37.MISS MARY J. SAFFORD
  38. 38.MRS. LYDIA G. PARRISH.
  39. 39.MRS. ANNIE WITTENMEYER
  40. 40.MISS MELCENIA ELLIOTT.
  41. 41.MARY DWIGHT PETTES.
  42. 42.LOUISA MAERTZ.
  43. 43.MRS. HARRIET R. COLFAX.
  44. 44.MISS CLARA DAVIS.
  45. 45.MRS. R. H. SPENCER. — FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46.MRS. HARRIET FOOTE HAWLEY.
  47. 47.ELLEN E. MITCHELL.
  48. 48.MISS JESSIE HOME.
  49. 49.M. VANCE AND M. A. BLACKMAR.
  50. 50.H. A. DADA AND S. E. HALL.
  51. 51.MRS. SARAH P. EDSON.
  52. 52.MISS MARIA M. C. HALL. — FOOTNOTES:
  53. 53.THE HOSPITAL CORPS AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY HOSPITAL, ANNAPOLIS.
  54. 54.OTHER LABORS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ANNAPOLIS HOSPITAL CORPS.
  55. 55.MRS. A. H. AND MISS S. H. GIBBONS.
  56. 56.MRS. E. J. RUSSELL.
  57. 57.MRS. MARY W. LEE.
  58. 58.MISS CORNELIA M. TOMPKINS.
  59. 59.MRS. ANNA C. McMEENS.
  60. 60.MRS. JERUSHA R. SMALL.
  61. 61.MRS. S. A. MARTHA CANFIELD.
  62. 62.MRS. E. THOMAS, AND MISS MORRIS.
  63. 63.MRS. SHEPARD WELLS.
  64. 64.MRS. E. C. WITHERELL.
  65. 65.MISS PHEBE ALLEN.
  66. 66.MRS. EDWIN GREBLE.
  67. 67.MRS. ISABELLA FOGG.
  68. 68.MRS. E. E. GEORGE.
  69. 69.MRS. CHARLOTTE E. McKAY.
  70. 70.MRS. FANNY L. RICKETTS.
  71. 71.MRS. JOHN S. PHELPS.
  72. 72.MRS. JANE R. MUNSELL.
  73. 73.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.
  74. 74.WOMAN'S CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF RELIEF — FOOTNOTES:
  75. 75.SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN OHIO
  76. 76.NEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION.
  77. 77.NORTHWESTERN SANITARY COMMISSION.
  78. 78.MRS. A. H. HOGE.
  79. 79.MRS. MARY A. LIVERMORE.
  80. 80.GENERAL AID SOCIETY FOR THE ARMY, BUFFALO.
  81. 81.MICHIGAN SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY
  82. 82.WOMEN'S PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH OF U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION.
  83. 83.WISCONSIN SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY.
  84. 84.PITTSBURG BRANCH, U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION.
  85. 85.MRS. ELIZABETH S. MENDENHALL.
  86. 86.DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
  87. 87.SAINT LOUIS LADIES' UNION AID SOCIETY.
  88. 88.LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA
  89. 89.WOMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND.
  90. 90.LADIES' UNION RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS OF BALTIMORE.
  91. 91.MRS. C. T. FENN.
  92. 92.MRS. JAMES HARLAN.
  93. 93.NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
  94. 94.PART IV. — LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR SERVICES AMONG THE FREEDMEN AND REFUGEES.
  95. 95.MRS. FRANCES D. GAGE.
  96. 96.MRS. LUCY GAYLORD POMEROY.
  97. 97.MARIA R. MANN.
  98. 98.SARAH J. HAGAR
  99. 99.MRS. JOSEPHINE R. GRIFFIN.
  100. 100.MRS. M. M. HALLOWELL.
  101. 101.OTHER FRIENDS OF THE FREEDMEN AND REFUGEES.
  102. 102.PART V. — LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR SERVICES IN SOLDIERS' HOMES, VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOONS, ON GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL TRANSPORTS, ETC.
  103. 103.MRS. O. E. HOSMER.
  104. 104.MISS HATTIE WISWALL.
  105. 105.MRS. LUCY E. STARR.
  106. 106.CHARLOTTE BRADFORD
  107. 107.UNION VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOON OF PHILADELPHIA. — FOOTNOTES:
  108. 108.MRS. R. M. BIGELOW.
  109. 109.MISS SHARPLESS AND ASSOCIATES.
  110. 110.PART VI. — LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR OTHER SERVICES IN THE NATIONAL CAUSE.
  111. 111.MRS. ANNIE ETHERIDGE
  112. 112.DELPHINE P. BAKER
  113. 113.MRS. S. BURGER STEARNS.
  114. 114.BARBARA FRIETCHIE.
  115. 115.MRS. HETTY M. McEWEN.
  116. 116.OTHER DEFENDERS OF THE FLAG.
  117. 117.MILITARY HEROINES.
  118. 118.THE WOMEN OF GETTYSBURG.
  119. 119.LOYAL WOMEN OF THE SOUTH.
  120. 120.MISS HETTY A. JONES. [N] — FOOTNOTES:
  121. 121.THE FAITHFUL BUT LESS CONSPICUOUS LABORERS.
  122. 122.INDEX — OF NAMES OF WOMEN WHOSE SERVICES ARE RECORDED IN THIS BOOK.

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