. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . 233 and in the regular army service dating from his appointment as Assist-ant Surgeon in 1822. Throughout the Civil War this officer held theposition of Medical Purveyor, with headquarters in New York City. At the Satterlee military discipline was strictly enforced. A com-pany of troops was assigned to guard duty, and as the hospital in-creased in its invalid population, the guard was reinforced until it num-bered 170 rank and file. A good military band, under Prof. Theodore Hermann, provideddaily concerts and music for the dres
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . 233 and in the regular army service dating from his appointment as Assist-ant Surgeon in 1822. Throughout the Civil War this officer held theposition of Medical Purveyor, with headquarters in New York City. At the Satterlee military discipline was strictly enforced. A com-pany of troops was assigned to guard duty, and as the hospital in-creased in its invalid population, the guard was reinforced until it num-bered 170 rank and file. A good military band, under Prof. Theodore Hermann, provideddaily concerts and music for the dress parades and dirges for the hovering above their charges in the hospital wards were theSisters of Charity, forty-two in number, under the orders of MotherMary Gonzaga Grace. These nurses were not paid, but the Govern-ment reimbursed for their services the order to which they belonged. Rev. Nathaniel West, D. D., the Protestant Chaplain of the Satter-lee, wrote of these Catholic sister-nurses: Better nurses, better at-tendants, more noiseless, cease
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