. Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war . FIELD HOSPITAL, SAVAGE STATION, VA. 144 OUR ARMY VESTA M. W. SWARTS, M. D. )BOUT the sixth of July, 1864, and at the ageof twenty-three, I resigned my position asprincipal of the High School at Auburn,^-^ Indiana, where I then lived, and started forthe South. I expected to join my husband. J. Swarts, assistant surgeon, 100th IndianaVolunteers, then on duty iu a hospital at AltoonaPass, Georgia, and to assi
. Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war . FIELD HOSPITAL, SAVAGE STATION, VA. 144 OUR ARMY VESTA M. W. SWARTS, M. D. )BOUT the sixth of July, 1864, and at the ageof twenty-three, I resigned my position asprincipal of the High School at Auburn,^-^ Indiana, where I then lived, and started forthe South. I expected to join my husband. J. Swarts, assistant surgeon, 100th IndianaVolunteers, then on duty iu a hospital at AltoonaPass, Georgia, and to assist him in the care of thesick and wounded at that place. When I reached Indianapolis I learned that com-munication was cut off, and that it would not bepossible for me to get through. While hesitating,and wondering what I should do, Governor Mortonsuggested that I report in person to the ChristianCommission agency at Louisville, Ky., as he thoughtthat Annie Wittenmeyer, who was doing grand workfor the soldiers, would find a place in some hospitalwhere my work would be needed. This I decidedto do, and in a few days (about July 15th) I beganwork at Brown U. S. General Hospital, near Louis-ville, Ky., being employed by surgeons
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