Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry . ; : v V. L___ L THE LAST ONE ON BOARD—UNITED STATES TROOPS LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO FOP MANILA, MAY 25, 1898. BRAVE WOMAN NURSES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. 353 BRAVE WOMAN NURSES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. By Hannah Perrixe Westfall. AT dawn on April 6, 1863, the battle of Shiloh began. The cannon-ading shook the earth where we were. The Union forces weredriven back by the Confederates under General Albert SidneyJohnston. The surgeons gave us orders to prepare
Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry . ; : v V. L___ L THE LAST ONE ON BOARD—UNITED STATES TROOPS LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO FOP MANILA, MAY 25, 1898. BRAVE WOMAN NURSES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. 353 BRAVE WOMAN NURSES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. By Hannah Perrixe Westfall. AT dawn on April 6, 1863, the battle of Shiloh began. The cannon-ading shook the earth where we were. The Union forces weredriven back by the Confederates under General Albert SidneyJohnston. The surgeons gave us orders to prepare for tremendouswoik, but none of us had any idea of what the battle would mean for thehospital corps. At about ten oclock the wounded began arriving at ourhospital tents in the rear of the army of the Ohio, under the command ofGeneral Sherman. We had labored like beavers for five hours makingready, as far as possible, for expeditious work, when the wounded soldiersbegan to come. While the cannon boomed, and cavalry and artillery ad-vanced and retreated over in the forest a mile away, we set up cots in tents,got out old clothes, sorted o
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