. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . annot die without it. After some delayand much anxiety I succeeded in having it adminis-tered to him. Thanksgiving Day, 1864, we had a Thanksgivingdinner. This was like an oasis in the desert to usall. Among the guests were several military officersof high rank. Our own Ex-President Harrison(then a young man), being the brightest, was calledupon for a speech, and introduced as the grandsonof a former President. Li reply
. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . annot die without it. After some delayand much anxiety I succeeded in having it adminis-tered to him. Thanksgiving Day, 1864, we had a Thanksgivingdinner. This was like an oasis in the desert to usall. Among the guests were several military officersof high rank. Our own Ex-President Harrison(then a young man), being the brightest, was calledupon for a speech, and introduced as the grandsonof a former President. Li reply he said, I disliketo be introduced by a reference to relatives who aredead: the inference is that, like a potato, the bestpart of me is underground. How well I remembermy anxiety to have the parade over, so the boys inthe wards could have their dinner. Dear reader, I have tried to tell you some fewthings about the work, but a thousandth part of thepatient, uncomplaining suffering in field and hospitalcan never be told. That such scenes may never bere-enacted, is the earnest prayer of an army nurse. Mrs. L. H. Husixgtox. {^Formerly Nurse Cutler.) Box 126, ROCHELLE, ADELIZA PERRY.
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