. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . he Sisters to go intothe town of Gettysburg, where they would find sufficientemployment for their zealous charity. Every large build-ing in Gettysburg was being filled as fast as the woundedmen could be carried in. Within and around the city onehundred and thirteen hospitals were in operation, be-sides those located in private houses. On reaching Get-tysburg the Sisters were shown to the hospital, wherethey distributed their little stores and did all they couldto relieve and console the wo
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . he Sisters to go intothe town of Gettysburg, where they would find sufficientemployment for their zealous charity. Every large build-ing in Gettysburg was being filled as fast as the woundedmen could be carried in. Within and around the city onehundred and thirteen hospitals were in operation, be-sides those located in private houses. On reaching Get-tysburg the Sisters were shown to the hospital, wherethey distributed their little stores and did all they couldto relieve and console the wounded soldiers. Two of the Sisters returned to Emmittsburg thatsame evening with Father Burlando, for the purpose ofsending additional nurses to relieve those already on theground. On arriving at the first hospital the surgeon incharge took the Sisters to the ladies who had been at-tending there and said to them: ^Ladies, here are theSisters of Charity come to sene our wounded; they willgive all the directions here; you are only required to ob-serve them. Those addressed cheerfully bowed GETTYSBUEG. 137 The soldiers seemed to think that the presence ofthe Sisters softened, their anguish. One Sister was givinga drink to a poor dying man with a teaspoon. It wasslow work and a gentleman who entered unobserved atthe time stood near by without speaking for some mo-ments. This gentleman was from a distance and wasin search of the very person the Sister was serving. Stand-ing a moment in silence, he exclaimed in a loud voice:May God bless the Sisters of Charity, and repeated itemphatically, adding: I am a Protestant, but may Godbless the Sisters of Charity. The Catholic Church in Gettysburg was filled withsick and wounded. The stations of the cross hung aroundthe walls, with a very large oil painting of St. FrancisXavier holding in his hand a crucifix. The first man putin the sanctuary was baptized, expressing truly Christiansentiments. His pain was excruciating and when
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