. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . s in the advice she gave to soldiers who applied toher for help. Her charity was remembered, as the nunsof Georgetown had reason to realize not long ago, duringthe encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, whenone of the veterans called to see Sister Angela, not know-ing she had been dead several years. The veteran gaveas his reason for desiring to see her that the angelic Su-perioress had converted him. Whenever worn out withmarching and laden with dust, regiments halted in frontof th
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . s in the advice she gave to soldiers who applied toher for help. Her charity was remembered, as the nunsof Georgetown had reason to realize not long ago, duringthe encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, whenone of the veterans called to see Sister Angela, not know-ing she had been dead several years. The veteran gaveas his reason for desiring to see her that the angelic Su-perioress had converted him. Whenever worn out withmarching and laden with dust, regiments halted in frontof the Convent during the war, a liberal lunch was servedto the weary soldiers, and objects of piety sent out to thosewho wanted them by Sister Angela. (2). A Story of Courage, by Rose Hawthorne and Greorge Par-sons Lathrop, CHAPTER XXVI. MOTHER ANGELA. Related to many eminent men of the century; her tranquil death in the con-vent in Indiana ; her ability as a writer and an educator. An incident ofthe war told by her in a powerful and dramatic style. The original of aHoly Cross Sister portrayed in a Mother Angela, who performedsuch valiant service as the head ofthe Holy Cross Sisters, departed thislife on March 4, 1887. Her deathwas so calm and peaceful that itseemed as though she were glidinginto slumber rather than passingfrom life into eternity. MotherMary of St. Angela was the nameof this devoted woman, who was previously known tothe world as Eliza Maria Gillespie. As stated in the preceding chapter Mother Angelawas of distinguished lineage. Her godfather, the elderThomas Ewing, was one of the great Whigs and Secretaryof State under President William Henry Harrison. JamesGillespie Blaine, her first cousin, was the idol of his party,member of Congress, United State Senator, Secretary ofState, and the Republican candidate for the Presidency. (282) MOTHER ANGELA. 283 General William T. Sherman, another relative, rankedsecond only to Grant among the Union generals in the civU
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