. 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 . uty called, without pay orhope of reward. Many died of exposure and disease contracted in the ser-vice. Many returned with health impaired; and some, be itsaid with shame and sorrow, died in poverty. Until withina few years no official recognition has ever been given themby the Government which they served so well. Some threeyears since a pension bill was passed, giving them twelvedollars a month, but the record of thei
. 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 . uty called, without pay orhope of reward. Many died of exposure and disease contracted in the ser-vice. Many returned with health impaired; and some, be itsaid with shame and sorrow, died in poverty. Until withina few years no official recognition has ever been given themby the Government which they served so well. Some threeyears since a pension bill was passed, giving them twelvedollars a month, but the record of their service is so imperfectthat it is almost impossible to prove a claim, and a largeproportion go to their graves unrecognized and unrewarded;yet while their names are written on no army roll, and butfew books have been published telling the story of theirservices, their memory will ever live in the hearts of theveterans they nursed with such tender care, and they willnever grow weary of telling to their children and childrenschildren the story of the loving, tender, and Christian minis-trations of those angels of mercy. John G. B. Adams, Fast National Commander G. A. TO THE READER. Fl SJAVIl^Gr conceived the plan of the army nurseswriting an abbreviated sketch of their warrecord to put in book form, I undertook the ^-^ arduous work of securing the addresses of allI could locate, and have received letters and photo-graphs of more than can be contained in this trust that the outcome of the work may be an open-ing of the way of communication between nurse andpatient, a desire on the part of many, covering theperiod of intervening years since the war. Many a veteran will here be able to look into theface of his faithful nurse who stood by him in thoseterrible days of suffering. Friends who have sur-vived the soldier who has passed the last roll-call,must look with equal interest upon the faces of thosewho by force of circumstances took their places towatch and wait, to c
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