Mrs. G. T. M. Davis.
- Mrs. Davis a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts -- a patriotic family -- General Bartlett -- she becomes Secretary of the Park Barracks Ladies' Association -- the Bedloe's Island Hospital -- the controversy -- discharge of the surgeon -- Withdrawall from the Association -- the Hospital at David's Island -- Mrs. Davis's labors there -- the soldiers' rest on Howard Street -- she becomes the Secretary of the Ladies' Association connected with it -- visits to other hospitals -- gratitude of the men to whom she has ministered -- appeals to the women of Berkshire -- her encomiums on their abundant labors
Among the large number of the ladies of New York city who distinguished themselves for their devotion to the welfare of the soldiers of our army, of whom so many in all forms of suffering were brought there during the war, it seems almost invidious to select any individual. But it is perhaps less so in the case of the subject of this sketch, than of many others, since from the very beginning of the war till long after its close, she quietly sacrificed the ease and luxury of her life to devote herself untiringly, and almost without respite, to the duties thus voluntarily assumed and faithfully performed. Mrs. Davis is the wife of Colonel G. T. M. Davis, who served with great distinction in the Mexican war, but who, having entered into commercial pursuits, is not at present connected with the army. Her maiden name was Pomeroy, and she is a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her brother, Robert Pomeroy, Esq., of that town, a wealthy manufacturer, was noted for his liberal benefactions during the war, and with all his family omitted no occasion of showing his devotion to his country and to its wounded and suffering defenders. His daughter, near the close of the war, became the wife of one of the most distinguished young officers in the service, General Bartlett. General Bartlett, at twenty-two, and fresh from the classic precincts of Harvard, entered the service as a private. He rose rapidly through the genius and force of his commanding character.
