. Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war . tober. Then the regimentleft me and Avent home to Missouri, on a recruitingfurlough, where they remained until November, 1862. In December my husband was taken with thetyphoid fever, and was sent to Mound City Hospital,111., where he remained until March, 1863, and duringall this time I heard nothing from him. Then Ireceived a pass, and word that he was back with hisregiment, and needed my care. I stayed there untilthey
. Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war . tober. Then the regimentleft me and Avent home to Missouri, on a recruitingfurlough, where they remained until November, 1862. In December my husband was taken with thetyphoid fever, and was sent to Mound City Hospital,111., where he remained until March, 1863, and duringall this time I heard nothing from him. Then Ireceived a pass, and word that he was back with hisregiment, and needed my care. I stayed there untilthey moved to Memphis, Tenn., where they remaineduntil the winter of 1864. I did not go into the hospitals after this, but waitedupon the sick in tents. When the regiment went toVicksburg I returned to Benton Barracks, where Ilived until my husband was discharged. He hadcontinued on duty although he did not speak a wordaloud for four years after having the fever. My nursing was over, but I did some cooking at the barracks for paroled soldiers from Southern ])risons, who were not able to cook their rations for themselves. Mary E. Darlikg. San Diego, Cal. 422 OUR ARMY HANNAH E. STARBIRD. J ENLISTED in August, 18(34, under my maidenname of Hannah E. Judkins, from Skowhegan,Maine, under Miss Dix, who had charge of allthe regularly enlisted nurses. I reported at herhouse in Washington, and was sent to Carver Hos-pital immediately, where I first ministered to thewounded and afflicted soldiers. I remained thereonly three weeks, and was then transferred to College Hospital, Annapolis, Md., where S. Palmer was surgeon in charge. I was thereuntil the hospital was broken up, July 15, 1865. Itaccommodated about twelve hundred patients, andsometimes there were fourteen nurses. It was a postfor paroled prisoners, who were our patients. Pencannot describe the first boat-load of half-starved,half-clothed, thin, emaciated forms whose feet, tiedup in rags, left footprints of b
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