. The Red Cross in peace and war. of soldiers who were stricken withdisease on this battlefield, and the story has been told at quiet homefiresides in every State of the Union. All those who have labored in the work of mercy have been repaida thousandfold in words of thankfulness and appreciation from feveredlips, and the praise of Christian men and women throughout thecountry. In answer to the petitions of anxious wives, mothers andfathers, and the tender prayers of prattling infants, God put strengthin the arms of the noble women who wore the badge of the Red Cross,and made them heroic in an
. The Red Cross in peace and war. of soldiers who were stricken withdisease on this battlefield, and the story has been told at quiet homefiresides in every State of the Union. All those who have labored in the work of mercy have been repaida thousandfold in words of thankfulness and appreciation from feveredlips, and the praise of Christian men and women throughout thecountry. In answer to the petitions of anxious wives, mothers andfathers, and the tender prayers of prattling infants, God put strengthin the arms of the noble women who wore the badge of the Red Cross,and made them heroic in an hour of great trial. It has been testified by the gallant survivors of Santiago, and othersanguinary engagements, that the chief terror was carried to the heartsof our gallant men through the awful silence of the enemys bullets,and the mystery which enshrouded their position because of the use ofsmokeless powder, leaving no mark for retaliation. Here in Chicka-mauga, men fell from the ranks day after day, who seemed to have been.
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