. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . work of Mother Angela at MoundCity: The world has known no nobler and more heroic women thanthose found in the ranks of the Catholic Sisterhoods. A famous scoutgives his impressions of the Sisters. Susan D. Messinger tells of thework of the Sisters at New Berne, N. C. No tributes that have been paid to the work of theCatholic Sisterhoods during the war have been more co^-dial or more emphatic than those coming from non-Oath- olic sources. It is a significantfact that those most prejudiceda
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . work of Mother Angela at MoundCity: The world has known no nobler and more heroic women thanthose found in the ranks of the Catholic Sisterhoods. A famous scoutgives his impressions of the Sisters. Susan D. Messinger tells of thework of the Sisters at New Berne, N. C. No tributes that have been paid to the work of theCatholic Sisterhoods during the war have been more co^-dial or more emphatic than those coming from non-Oath- olic sources. It is a significantfact that those most prejudicedagainst the Sisters have beenpersons who knew the leastabout them, while the warmestfriends of the dark-robed mes-sengers of charity and peacehave been persons who came incontact with them and their labors for humanity. Mary A. Livermore, whose personal services duringthe war were by no means inconsiderable, is one non-Cath-olic writer who does not hesitate to give the Catholic Sis-ter full credit for what she did. Miss Livermore says theMound City Hospital, in charge of the Sisters of the Holy (297). 298 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. Cross, was considered the best military hospital in theUnited States. She writes: (1). There was one general hospital in Cairo, called bythe people the Brick Hospital. Here the Sisters of theHoly Cross were employed as nurses, one or more to eachward. Here were order, cleanliness and good nursing. Thefood was cooked in a kitchen outside of the hospital. Sur-geons were detailed to every ward and visited their pa-tients twice a day, and oftener if necessary. The apothe-caries^ room was supplied with an ample store of medi-cines and surgical appliances, and the store-rooms possessed an abundance of clothing and delicacies for thesick. The work done at Mound City is thus graphically setforth: Except in Mound City everything was in a chaoticcondition compared with the complete arrangement after-wards. The hospital at Mound City occupied a block ofbrick sto
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