. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . Seven hundred wounded soldierscrowded on one boat. The deck of the vessel resembles a slaughterhouse. A Sister of Charity acts as assistant surgeon. Sisters refuseto abandon their patients. Sketch of the life of Sister Anthony. The battle of Shiloh, Tenn., sometimes known asthe battle of Pittsburg Landing, was one of the great com-bats of the war. Shiloh cost the Union army in killed,wounded and prisoners 14,000men, while the Confederates lost10,700 men, including General Al-bert Sidney Jo
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . Seven hundred wounded soldierscrowded on one boat. The deck of the vessel resembles a slaughterhouse. A Sister of Charity acts as assistant surgeon. Sisters refuseto abandon their patients. Sketch of the life of Sister Anthony. The battle of Shiloh, Tenn., sometimes known asthe battle of Pittsburg Landing, was one of the great com-bats of the war. Shiloh cost the Union army in killed,wounded and prisoners 14,000men, while the Confederates lost10,700 men, including General Al-bert Sidney Johnston, who fell inthe first days fight. The battleswere fought on the 6th and 7th ofApril, 1862. The morning of the6th was clear and beautiful, withno indications of a storm; but thedays terrific battle was followedby a night of drenching rain. The battle of the next daywas also succeeded by a fearful storm, which in this caseconsisted of rain, hail and sleet. An eye-witness writingof this says: And to add to the horrors of the scene, theelements of Heaven marshaled their forces—a fitting ac- (71). SISTER AMTHONY. 72 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. companiment to the tempest of human devastation andpassion that was raging. A cold, drizzling rain com-menced about nightfall and soon came harder and faster,then turned to pitiless, blinding hail. This storm ragedwith unrelenting violence for three hours. I passed longwagon trains filled with wounded and dying soldiers with-out even a blanket to shield them from the driving sleetand hail which fell in stones as large as par-tridge eggs un-til it lay on the ground two inches deep. (1). It was by the work that she did at and after this bat-tle that Sister Anthony, a notable member of the Sistersof Charity, won enduring laurels. She left Cincinnati forShiloh, accompanied by two other Sisters of Charity, , of Cincinnati; Mrs. Hatch and daughter. MissMcHugh, Mrs. OShaughnessy and some charitable ladiesof the Queen City. This tri
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