. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . if you choose! she saidTo their honor, be it said, although very angrywith her, they dispersed without doing her any injury. A young lady who volunteered as a nurse just after thefirst battle of Bull Run was Miss Hattie A. IDada, also of New York. She worked in-cessantly through the entire war, part of thetime in the Eastern and part in the Western |armies. She was taken prisoner by the Con-federates after the retreat of General Banksin the Shenandoah Valley, and was hel
. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . if you choose! she saidTo their honor, be it said, although very angrywith her, they dispersed without doing her any injury. A young lady who volunteered as a nurse just after thefirst battle of Bull Run was Miss Hattie A. IDada, also of New York. She worked in-cessantly through the entire war, part of thetime in the Eastern and part in the Western |armies. She was taken prisoner by the Con-federates after the retreat of General Banksin the Shenandoah Valley, and was heldthree months. After her release she spenttwo years in the hospitals at Murfreesboro, avery arduous field of labor. Philadelphia was a point which received a large number of soldiers who passed through thatcity, either going to the front orgoing home on furlough—often dis-abled. Several ladies established aneating-house for their benefit, wherethey could obtain meals free. Oneof the most tireless workers in thisdirection was Mrs. Mary B. Wade,who, in spite of her being over sev-enty years of age, never left her post.
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