. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . the care of five hundred patients. Bodies of thedead consumed by the flames. The military hospitals at Gordonsvilleand Lynchburg. Boonsboro and Sharpsburg selected for hospital pur-poses for the men wounded at Antietam. General McClellans kindnessto the Sisters. A man who had met Sisters during the Crimean brave flag bearer. There was scarcely a time from tJie opening of the■war until its close that some of the Sisters of Charity werenot located at Richmond. This was a sort of unof
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . the care of five hundred patients. Bodies of thedead consumed by the flames. The military hospitals at Gordonsvilleand Lynchburg. Boonsboro and Sharpsburg selected for hospital pur-poses for the men wounded at Antietam. General McClellans kindnessto the Sisters. A man who had met Sisters during the Crimean brave flag bearer. There was scarcely a time from tJie opening of the■war until its close that some of the Sisters of Charity werenot located at Richmond. This was a sort of unofficial Southern headquarters forthem, whence they were sentfor duty on the various South-em battlefields. The section ofcountry in which the MotherHouse was located was in pos-session of the Union army mostof the time. But the housewas looked upon as sacred prop-erty by the generals of botharmies and was never molested by the soldiers. Late in August, 1862, Dr. Williams, the medical direc-tor of the army of the Potomac, made a hasty summonsfor a detachment of Sisters to wait upon the sick and (109). 110 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. wounded at Manassas, where a severe battle had just tak-en place. Five of the Sisters immediately left Richmondfor the scene of the conflict When they arrived at Manassas they found five hun-dred patients^ including the men of both armies, awaitingthem. The mortality was very great, as the wounded menhad been very much neglected. The wards of the tem-porary hospital were in a most deplorable condition andstrongly resisted all efforts of the broom, to which theyhad long been strangers. It was finally discovered thatthe aid of a shovel was necessary. One small room wasset aside as a dormitory for the Sisters. They were alsoprovided with a chaplain and Mass was said every day inone corner of the little room. Fresh difiSculties and an-noyances presented themselves later in the kitchen, to which what was called the re-fectory was attached, was
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