. 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 . MODENIA R. WESTON. J WAS born in Albany, :N. Y., Aug. 3, went from Iowa into the army Sept. 1,1861. My labors were varied. I was firstconnected with the 3d Iowa Infantry Hospi-tal. I was called the mother of the regiment. InOctober there were a great many sick with themeasles, but soon the disease abated somewhat, andthe regiment was ordered to Quincy, to went to Benton Barracks next, where those wh
. 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 . MODENIA R. WESTON. J WAS born in Albany, :N. Y., Aug. 3, went from Iowa into the army Sept. 1,1861. My labors were varied. I was firstconnected with the 3d Iowa Infantry Hospi-tal. I was called the mother of the regiment. InOctober there were a great many sick with themeasles, but soon the disease abated somewhat, andthe regiment was ordered to Quincy, to went to Benton Barracks next, where those whohad not already taken the measles now had them. Iwas the only woman connected with the department,and had my hands full. My labors were made mucheasier by having a good supply of sanitaries sent tome. In February the regiment was ordered to Mexico,Mo.; the hospital department, containing thirtypatients, to be left behind. As soon as the sickwere able to travel we followed the troops, and hadno sooner established our hospital than small-poxbroke out. In March all the able-bodied men wereordered to Pittsburg Landing; as soon as possiblewe followed, only to find most of t
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