Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . every great home in the city hadits hospital-room, as de-scribed in Mrs. Louisa Hax-all Harrisons letter,heretofore quoted. Theywere the nurseries of thefamous and selfless nurseswho made possible the tre-mend^us work done in thevast and quick-overflowedmuseums of mangled man-hood: as Chimborazo,Robinsons, Officers hospi-tal, the Georgia, Louisiana,Winders, the Alabama andthe Tompkins. The story of the Alabamahospital at Richmond is lumi-nous with the record of a woman who no less authority thanGeneral Joseph E. Johnston declared, Was more use-ful to my a
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . every great home in the city hadits hospital-room, as de-scribed in Mrs. Louisa Hax-all Harrisons letter,heretofore quoted. Theywere the nurseries of thefamous and selfless nurseswho made possible the tre-mend^us work done in thevast and quick-overflowedmuseums of mangled man-hood: as Chimborazo,Robinsons, Officers hospi-tal, the Georgia, Louisiana,Winders, the Alabama andthe Tompkins. The story of the Alabamahospital at Richmond is lumi-nous with the record of a woman who no less authority thanGeneral Joseph E. Johnston declared, Was more use-ful to my army than a new brigade. Mrs. Hopkins hadmarried before she wedded Judge Arthur F. Hopkins, ofMobile. At the first fighting, she offered her services tothe state in its crude organizing; developed special fitnessand was sent to Richmond, before Bull Run. There sheorganized and controlled that great house of mercy, all dur-ing the war, writing her biography indelibly on the heartof many a modest hero yet living—of many more that have. MRS. FANNIE A. BEERS 384 BELLES, BEAUX AND BBAINS OF TEE SIXTIES been still for decades. Her memory lives, green and fra-grant, in Virginia and in her home state. Juliet Ann Opie was eldest daughter of Hon. HieromeLindsay Opie, of Virginia, and was born in Jefferson county,Va., in 1816. She was in direct sixth descent from HelenLindsay, daughter of Rev. David Lindsay, who died in North-umberland in 1667 and was only son of Sir Hierome Lind-say, of the Mount, Lord Lion King-at-Arms, of early youth Miss Opie married Capt. Alex. G. Gordon,U. S. N., and was early widowed. Later she married chiefjustice of Alabama, Arthur Francis Hopkins. She sold prop-erty in Alabama, Virginia and New York and gave nearly$200,000 to the Confederate cause. She was honored byvote of thanks of her state and^her face was printed upontwo of its bank bills. Not only untiring and self-sacrificing,she was twice wounded upon the field at Seven Pines, whilelifting w
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