. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . mpos-tors. The train crashes through a bridge. The magic lunch basketand how it fed an unlimited number of Sisters and soldiers. The hospitalsat Marietta and Atlanta. After the battle of Fredericksburg, in December,1862, the Sisters who had been looking after the sick andwounded in the hospitals near Richmond soon found theirlabors reduced very armies on both sides were be-coming more accustomed to thehardships of the camps, and as aresult there was less sickness inthe vario
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . mpos-tors. The train crashes through a bridge. The magic lunch basketand how it fed an unlimited number of Sisters and soldiers. The hospitalsat Marietta and Atlanta. After the battle of Fredericksburg, in December,1862, the Sisters who had been looking after the sick andwounded in the hospitals near Richmond soon found theirlabors reduced very armies on both sides were be-coming more accustomed to thehardships of the camps, and as aresult there was less sickness inthe various regiments. There hadalso been a cessation of battles inthe vicinity of Richmond, and as aconsequence there were no wound-ed men to care for. The Sisters, feeling that their useful-ness was at an end, called upon the officer in charge andasked for passports in order that they might returnthrough the lines to their Emmittsburg home. The officialwould not consent to their going away, claiming that heknew they would be needed in other places in the nearfuture. This being the case, they remained. (125). 126 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. The next day a letter came from the military in Cen-tral Georgia, begging for Sisters of Charity to be sent totheir hospital there. Five Sisters left for this place onthe night of February 24, 1863. A fierce battle had takenplace, rendering the services of the Sisters very the way, at many places where they stopped, there wasgreat curiosity at the sight of their peculiar garb. Uponone occasion, having to wait two hours for a train, the cui-i-ous bystanders examined the Sisters closely, saying: Who are they? Are they men or women? Oh,what a strange uniform this company has adopted. Sure-ly the enemy will run from them. Once or twice the crowd pushed roughly against theSisters, as though to see whether they were human beingsor not. A Sister spoke to a woman at the station, andthereupon many in the crowd clapped their hands andshouted: She
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