. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . the Irish Brigade,the command organized by Colonel Mulligan, whose life was sacrificedin the Union cause. Sisters leave Chicago for Lexington, Mo. Onebrave, religious Sister who wanted to finish her office before being Fremont and his staff call upon the Sisters. Taking charge ofthe hospital department of the steamship Express. Soon after the beginning of the war the Irish Bri-gade was organized in Chicago by Colonel Mulligan,whose life was sacrificed in the Union cause toward
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . the Irish Brigade,the command organized by Colonel Mulligan, whose life was sacrificedin the Union cause. Sisters leave Chicago for Lexington, Mo. Onebrave, religious Sister who wanted to finish her office before being Fremont and his staff call upon the Sisters. Taking charge ofthe hospital department of the steamship Express. Soon after the beginning of the war the Irish Bri-gade was organized in Chicago by Colonel Mulligan,whose life was sacrificed in the Union cause towards the close of the war. He was a de-vout Catholic, and a warm friendof the Sisters of Mercy. As hiscommand were nearly all Cath-olics he determined to securethe services of the Sisters inbehalf of his sick and wounded,and, before his departure fromChicago, called on EeverendMother Frances, from whom heobtained the promise that thesuffering among his soldiers should be cared for by herchildren. This is the mother of whom a brief sketch isgiven in a previous chapter. The regiment left Chicago in (233). COLONEL MULLIGAN. 234 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. the summer of 1861, and was finally stationed at Lexing-ton, Missouri. On September 3, six Sisters of Mercy, es-corted by Reverend Mother Francis and her assistant,left Chicago under the care of Lieutenant Shanley. TheSuperiors were to return when the Sisters were settledin Lexington. The hospital was to be in charge of Sister M. Alphon-sus Butler, assisted by her companions. To those whohad never been within sight or sound of wars alarms,this appeared to be an undertaking of no small Sisters believed they were risking their lives. Yes,said one, I was fully convinced I should never see Chi-cago again. They went by St. Louis to Jefferson City, from whichpoint they were to proceed to Lexington. During theirstay in Jefferson they were the guests of Mr. and , who were ardent sympathizers with the Southerncause. Nothi
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