. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . 21, 1862, the sick were all sent away,as preparations were being made for an advance; myhusband being sent to Alexandria. Surgeon Allensaid he would never be able to march again, and hehad to get a discharge. After this I did not feelthat I could stay; but they said as he had a dischargeI should not need one. How I have wished sincethat I had it. This was just before the battle ofLees Mills. I left the regiment March 23
. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . 21, 1862, the sick were all sent away,as preparations were being made for an advance; myhusband being sent to Alexandria. Surgeon Allensaid he would never be able to march again, and hehad to get a discharge. After this I did not feelthat I could stay; but they said as he had a dischargeI should not need one. How I have wished sincethat I had it. This was just before the battle ofLees Mills. I left the regiment March 23, 1862, andreached home April 3d, my service covering only alittle over six months; and as our regiment wasnot in any battle during that time, I had nowounded to care for, and have no thrilling ad-ventures to relate. OUR ARMY NURSES. 213 I hope you may have Amanda Farnhams experi-ence. Mine will be nothing beside hers, for she wasout during the whole war. She was married after Ileft. I do not know her present name, or if, indeed,she is living; but if she is I hope she may read this,and that I may hear from her. Yours in F., C. and L., ESTELLE S. JOHN^, 1st Massachusetts Cemetery, Gettysburg, Penn.
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