. 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 . 8 Mary A. Stinebough-Bradford 242 Miss Mary Venard .... 254 Susan Cox Miss Elizabeth WheelerMary PerkinsMartha F. Jennison 6Vl314322326 LIST OF ILLU. STRa \TI01 VS. 9 PAGE. Mrs. M. J. BuNCHER 330 Margaret Hamilton 336 Margaret A. Weed 344 Mrs. Elizabeth Lucas 350 Mrs. Mary F. Knowles 354 Betsey A. Cook 356 Eunice M. Brown, nee Fairbanks 360 Mrs. Elvira Mason , 372 Jane M. Worrall 376 Fannie A. Harper 382 Elizabeth 0. Gi
. 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 . 8 Mary A. Stinebough-Bradford 242 Miss Mary Venard .... 254 Susan Cox Miss Elizabeth WheelerMary PerkinsMartha F. Jennison 6Vl314322326 LIST OF ILLU. STRa \TI01 VS. 9 PAGE. Mrs. M. J. BuNCHER 330 Margaret Hamilton 336 Margaret A. Weed 344 Mrs. Elizabeth Lucas 350 Mrs. Mary F. Knowles 354 Betsey A. Cook 356 Eunice M. Brown, nee Fairbanks 360 Mrs. Elvira Mason , 372 Jane M. Worrall 376 Fannie A. Harper 382 Elizabeth 0. Gibson 386 Matilda E. Morris 390 Mrs. Cecilia White . 402 Mrs. L. H. Husington 406 Adeliza Perry 412 Mary E. Darling 418 Mrs. Hannah E. Starbird 422 Mrs. M. J. Boston 424 Mrs. Rebecca R. Pomroy . 432 SOPHRONIA E. BrECKLIN 442 JElizabeth a. Hyatt 446 Kate M. Duncan 452 Adelaide E. Spurgeon 454 Mrs. Fannie H. Titus-Hazen 466 Mrs. Delia B. Fay 476 Sumners Advance at Antietem 482 M. V. Harkin .... 486 Mrs. J. T. Richards 496 Mary E. Bell 600 Mrs. Helen E. Smith 504 Mother Ransom 510 Mother Bickerdyke 616 Helen Gilson 534 Appomatox Court House, Va. 545 XiEes Shattered Army 546. INTRODUCTION. To no class of people are the soldiers of the late war moreindebted than to the Army Nurses. How the eyes of the oldveteran fill with tears when, at our camp fires, some old ladyis introduced, and the presiding officer says, Boys, shewas an army nurse. For a moment the distinguished officerspresent are forgotten, and they gather around the dear oldlady, eager to grasp her hand and say some kind and lovingword in appreciation of her services. I have often witnessedsuch a greeting at the annual reunion of New Hampshireveterans at the Weirs, when Aunt Harriet Dame has beenpresented. The work of the army nurse began as soon as Sumter wasfired upon. Within thirty days after the call for 75,000men, made by President Lincoln, April 14,1861, the WomansCentral Association, of New York, had chosen, from hun
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