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L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, chapter 8 (search)
unfolded. A correspondent thus describes Mrs. Porter; Mrs. Porter is from forty-five to fifty yee of an adjunct so nearly indispensable. Mrs. Porter was early stimulated to exertion and sacrifey could give. During the summer of 1861 Mrs. Porter visited Cairo where hospitals had been estaually successful and valuable. At Cairo, Mrs. Porter made the acquaintance of Miss Mary J. Saffol, and co-operating with her there, and with Mr. Porter and various surgeons and philanthropists, aied a school for Miss Humphrey at Shiloh. Mrs. Porter was very successful in this work. In her yeir hospitals as well as those of the army, Mrs. Porter remained at Memphis and in its vicinity unt eight thousand names. Mrs. Harvey desired Mrs. Porter to accompany her to Washington with the petparties took up the matter in Illinois, and Mrs. Porter returned to her beloved work at the South, e select the following letter from Rev. Mrs. Jeremiah Porter, who, with Mrs. Bickerdyke, the widely [8 more...]