. Manual of the civil war and key to the Grand army of the republic and kindred societies . rent ways doing what only a woman, with her tact,gentleness, and sympathy, can do. After the struggle was over and the swordwas turned into the pruning-hook—when thegallant defenders returned to the vocations ofpeace; alas, many of them, incapacitated bywounds or disease, were unable to resume theirformer calling, and helplessly saw their familieswithout proper provision for their maintenance,the women, faithful to their interests and truein their devotion, sprang to the rescue andorganized the various
. Manual of the civil war and key to the Grand army of the republic and kindred societies . rent ways doing what only a woman, with her tact,gentleness, and sympathy, can do. After the struggle was over and the swordwas turned into the pruning-hook—when thegallant defenders returned to the vocations ofpeace; alas, many of them, incapacitated bywounds or disease, were unable to resume theirformer calling, and helplessly saw their familieswithout proper provision for their maintenance,the women, faithful to their interests and truein their devotion, sprang to the rescue andorganized the various auxiliaries known as the Womans Relief Corps, Loyal LadiesLeague, or the Ladies of the G. A. R., etc., etc. The lessons of patriotism learned at the knee of their motherswere not lost on the children of the soldiers. On the return oftheir fathers and brothers from the conflict, the stories of battlesand victory were told and retold by the fireside, and such Avastheir that they were ever new. Their words burned intothe hearts of the young listeners, and they made such an impres-. THE (;. A. R. AM) ITS CO-WOKKKRS. 17 sion that witli advuncing years the children came to feel thatthey, too, could chdiu a common interest and heritage in the deedsof their fathers. This feeling seemed to unite tliem and form acommon tie, leading eventually to the organization of the Sonsof Veterans, Ladies Aid Societies, and the Daughters ofVeterans, respectively.
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