History of Milwaukee, city and county . w-ing of numbers began at nine oclock in the morning and continued throughoutthe day and late into the night. All the later drafts in the Civil war were made under Federal a century later, remarks Mr. Oliver, when the country called for anarmy on the basis of a selective draft, Wisconsin was among the most enthusi-astic states in the Union in filling her quota. The work of the women in the Civil war has been made the subject of avolume in the Wisconsin History series, published by the state in volume was prepared by Miss Ethel Al
History of Milwaukee, city and county . w-ing of numbers began at nine oclock in the morning and continued throughoutthe day and late into the night. All the later drafts in the Civil war were made under Federal a century later, remarks Mr. Oliver, when the country called for anarmy on the basis of a selective draft, Wisconsin was among the most enthusi-astic states in the Union in filling her quota. The work of the women in the Civil war has been made the subject of avolume in the Wisconsin History series, published by the state in volume was prepared by Miss Ethel Alice Hum. The series was issuedunder the editorship of that indefatigable worker, Reuben Gold Thwaites, thesuperintendent of the State Historical Society. Among the activities of womenin the Civil war we shall only attempt to make a selection of a few thatwe have space for in this history. The work performed by the women in theCivil war was similar in most respects to that which we have been familiarwith in the great war of i sn1 NATIONAL SOLDIERS HOME, LOCATED WEST OF MILWAI Ml. PARTICIPATION IN WAR 591 Of course knitted things,—mittens, scarves, sweaters, and caps,—constitutedthe major portion of the work taken up by women. A national organizationwas formed, the United States Sanitary Commission, to which thousands ofneighborhood societies allied themselves, and thus the work became systema-tized and the service to the men in the field was greatly increased in was a perfect epidemic of knitting, relates one who recalls the scenesof that heroic time. It is somewhat perilous to mention the work of individuals in view of theextremely valuable services performed by the combined efforts of all, for fearthat some may be overlooked. The name of Mrs. Joseph S. Colts, of Milwaukee,is one frequently met with in the accounts. Other names were MotherBickerdyke, Mrs. A. H. Hoge, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore and Mrs. CordeliaHarvey, the widow of Gov. Louis P. Harvey w
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