. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . ginia. Woundedand dying men upon transport boats. Nurses who shared every horrorwith their patients. Two Sisters who were martyrs to duty and hu-manity. The worn-out Sister of Charity buried with military honorsupon the banks of the Potomac. Death of a deserter. The many appeals for Sisters to repair to the war-stricken sections of the country, both North and South,had widely separated the members of the Emmittsburg community. The venerable Moth-er Ann Simeon remained in ex-ecutive charge
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . ginia. Woundedand dying men upon transport boats. Nurses who shared every horrorwith their patients. Two Sisters who were martyrs to duty and hu-manity. The worn-out Sister of Charity buried with military honorsupon the banks of the Potomac. Death of a deserter. The many appeals for Sisters to repair to the war-stricken sections of the country, both North and South,had widely separated the members of the Emmittsburg community. The venerable Moth-er Ann Simeon remained in ex-ecutive charge at home. FatherB Burlando visited as well as hecould the various military hospi-tals where the Sisters were sta-tioned. His care would not extendbeyond the line of hostilities, but,fortunately, the Sister assistanthad been sent to superintend the missions in the Southbefore the blockade. On July 14, 1862, the surgeon general at Washingtonwrote for one hundred Sisters to be sent to a stationcalled White House, in Virginia, then in possession ofthe Northern forces. So many were already in service (101). 102 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. that it was impossible to comply fully with this Sisters, however, started from Baltimore for thatplace. As all traveling was attended with much difficulty,the Sisters experienced many hardships. The authoritiesintended to make a hospital encampment in the vicinity ofWhite House, as many thousands of wounded had beenbrought there from the recent battles. No preparationshad been made for accommodating the Sisters, al-though the officers and doctors were rejoiced at their com-ing. General George B. McClellan, then chief in com-mand, was some miles distant at the time, but sent ordersthat every possible care and attention should be offeredto the Sisters. Father Burlando accompanied the Sistersto this place, and after receiving assurances that properarrangements had been made for them returned had only passed a few days here when
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