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L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, Mrs. Harriet R. Colfax. (search)
had given her renewed courage-she no longer felt quite friendless, but went cheerfully upon her way. She proceeded to the Fifth Street Hospital, where Mr. Yeatman had his quarters, and was admitted by the use of his name. The night nurse, Mrs. Gibson, took kind charge of her for that night, and in the morning she was introduced to the matron, Mrs. Plummer, and to Mr. Yeatman. She had her first sight of wounded men on the night of her arrival, and the thought of their sufferings, and of ho her were her friends, and she has the fullest appreciation of their best qualities, and their earnest efforts. Among those she names thus feelingly, are Mrs. Plummer, the matron of the Fifth Street Hospital, St. Louis, Miss Addie E. Johnson, Mrs. Gibson, and others, her fellow-workers there. Early in 1864, quite worn out with her protracted labors, Mrs. Colfax returned to her home in Michigan City, where she still resides, honored, beloved and respected, as her character and services deman
L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, Final Chapter: the faithful but less conspicuous laborers. (search)
nd of noble hospital workers, women who gave freely of their own property as well as their personal services for the care and comfort of the soldier. Among these were, Mrs. Crafts J. Wright, wife of Colonel Crafts J. Wright, was among the first hospital visitors of the city, and was unwearied in her efforts to provide comforts for the soldiers in the general hospitals of the city as well as for the sick or wounded soldiers of her husband's regiment in the field. Mrs. C. W. Starbuck, Mrs. Peter Gibson, Mrs. William Woods and Mrs. Caldwell, were also active in visiting the hospitals and gave largely to the soldiers who were sick there. Miss Penfield and Mrs. Elizabeth S. Comstock, of Michigan, Mrs. C. E. Russell, of Detroit, Mrs. Harriet B. Dame, of Wisconsin and the Misses Rexford, of Illinois, were remarkably efficient, not only in the hospitals at home, but at the front, where they were long engaged in caring for the soldiers. From Niagara Falls, N. Y., Miss Elizabeth L. Porte
L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, Index of names of women whose services are recorded in this book. (search)
iss Fanny, 89. Flanders, Miss Florence, 89. Ford, Miss Charlotte, 406. Francis, Miss Abby, 209. Freeman, Mrs. Olive, 408. Fremont, Mrs. Jessie B., 274, 408. Frietchie, Barbara, 70-72, 76. Gardiner, Miss M., 301. Gibbons, Mrs. A. H., 406. Gibson, Mrs. E. O., 396, 399, 408. Gibson, Mrs. Peter, 410. Gillis, Miss Agnes, 405. Gilson, Miss Helen L., 45, 47, 52, 55, 133-148, 232, 301, 316. Gove, Miss Emily, 406. Gray, Mrs. Caroline E., 407. Grier, Mrs. Maria C., 88. Griffin, Mrs. WillGibson, Mrs. Peter, 410. Gillis, Miss Agnes, 405. Gilson, Miss Helen L., 45, 47, 52, 55, 133-148, 232, 301, 316. Gove, Miss Emily, 406. Gray, Mrs. Caroline E., 407. Grier, Mrs. Maria C., 88. Griffin, Mrs. William Preston, 301, 316. Guest, Mrs., 405. Hagar, Mrs. C. C., 408. Haines, Mrs. Hannah A., 408. Hall, Miss Maria M. C., 157, 247, 290, 401. Halbert, Mrs. M. E., 409. Hancock, Miss Cornelia, 284-286. Harmon, Miss Amelia, 86, 87. Harris, Mrs. John, 46, 47, 53, 149-160, 367. Hart, Miss E. A., 409. Hartshorne, Miss Isabella M., 408. Harvey, Mrs. Cordelia A. P., 47, 164, 260-268. Harwood, Miss C. A., 408. Hazard, Mrs., 408. Heyle, Mrs., 411. Hickox, Mrs. J. E., 408. Hicks, Mrs.,