. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . prayed, then spoke: Now, my youngfriend, you are going home, Home! said the boy; whatdo you meai^, Sister? Why, would you not like to go toheaven? Sister, are you going there when you die? I as-sured the boy that I sinoerely hoped to go there, Well,said .he, so do I, I called the chaplain, had the soldierbaptized and ere the morning dawned this beautiful soulwas in heaven, (1). In order to preserve the continuity of the narrative as muchaiS possible the most important work done by Sister A
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . prayed, then spoke: Now, my youngfriend, you are going home, Home! said the boy; whatdo you meai^, Sister? Why, would you not like to go toheaven? Sister, are you going there when you die? I as-sured the boy that I sinoerely hoped to go there, Well,said .he, so do I, I called the chaplain, had the soldierbaptized and ere the morning dawned this beautiful soulwas in heaven, (1). In order to preserve the continuity of the narrative as muchaiS possible the most important work done by Sister Anthony andother Mother Seton Sisters has been outlined in Chapter VII. ■ < / CHAPTER XX. THE SISTERS OF MERCY. An application from the Secretary of War to the Superior of the order. NineSisters depart for the Government Hospital at Beaufort, N. C. A dinnerof pork and beans and mouldy bread. The steward who expected theSisters to poison some of the patients. Comphmented by JeffersonDavis. A convent confiscated by General Slocum. Secular ladies whohad other engagements when the smallpox None of the Sisters who gave up their time and talentsto the cause of suffering humanity did better work thanthe Sisters of Mercy. Their most conspicuous service was on Southern battlefields, al-though, like their colleagues inthis merciful work, they weresubject to the call of duty nomatter whence it came. Onthe 19th of June, 1862, VicarGeneral Starrs, of New York,applied for a sufficient corps of nurses to take charge ofa military hospital in North Carolina. The propositionwas laid before the Sisters of St. Catherines Convent ofMercy, in New York City, and the invitation promptly andcheerfully accepted. Nine Sisters were selected for the mission. They in-cluded Sisters Mary Augustine MacKenna, M. ElizabethCallanan, M. Paul Lennon, M. Gertrude Ledwith, M. Paula 13 (^211) 212 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. Harris, M. Veronica Dimond and M. Agatha Mother Superior and Moth
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