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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, XIV. Massachusetts women in the civil war. (search)
in passing through that city, and her first work on reaching Washington was nursing the wounded soldiers who were the victims of the mob. She was the first woman to engage in work for the relief of wounded soldiers. On the 10th of June, 1861, Secretary Cameron, at the head of the War Department, appointed Miss Dix superintendent of female nurses, with sole power to decide upon their qualifications, to direct them in their work and to appoint them to their places in hospitals. When Secretary Stanton succeeded Secretary Cameron, he ratified the appointment. She installed several hundred nurses in the hospitals, and almost all hospital matrons, who were always entitled to pay from the government when they held appointments from Miss Dix. But as the enlarged operations of the army in the west and south-west and the south greatly increased the demand for women nurses, other superintendents of nurses were appointed at St. Louis, Chicago and Louisville, who detailed them from their own
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
nd evacuation of; Virginia, June 15, 1863. F. P. Stanton. Continental, vol. 4, p. 481. — – Campwith President Lincoln, Secretaries Chase and Stanton. Gen. Egbert Viele. Century, vol. 16, p. 813ll try to obtain their release; letter from Sec. Stanton to Sen. Sumner. Boston Evening Journal, Aug. 1, p. 4, col. 4. — – Correspondence of Sec. Stanton and Gov. Andrew, by which it is announced tll try to obtain their release; letter from Sec. Stanton to Sen. Sumner. Boston Evening Journal, Aug5. Winchester, defence and evacuation of. F. P. Stanton. Continental, vol. 4, p. 481. — 1864. nal, vol. 3, p. 394. — Correspondence of Sec. Stanton and Gov. Andrew, May 30, 1862, in which it Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 471. Stanton, F. P. Defence and evacuation of Winchester, V; trip with Pres. Lincoln and Secs. Chase and Stanton. Century, vol. 16, p. 813. Villard, Henry. — – June 15. Defence and evacuation. F. P. Stanton. Continental, vol. 4, p. 481. — 1864. J
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
r, W. B., 584 Spooner, W. B., Mrs., 584 Sprague, A. B. R., 195, 229, 445, 557 Sprague, Charles, 354 Sprague, H. B., 480, 557 Sprague, J. T., 445 Sprague, P. N., 354 Sprague, Peleg, 724 Sprague, W. H., 136 Sprigman, J. H., 136 Sproul, C. L., 354 Spurr, T. J., 354 Stackpole, D. D., 564 Stackpole, J. L., U. S. Vols., 354, 445, 557 Stackpole, J. L., 724 Stacy, J. N., 480 Stacy, W. L., 354 Stafford, J. C., 136 Stall, W. B., 354 Stanley, C. H., 354 Stanton, E. M., 595, 724 Stanton, F. P., 724 Stanton, Jabez, 584 Stanton, N. V., 354 Stanwood, E. P., 229 Stanwood, Frank, 446, 558 Stanwood, M. P., 354 Stapleford, J. W., 136 Staples, E. B., 15th Mass. Inf., 354 Staples, E. B., 4th Mass. Cav., 354 Staples, J. W., 480 Staples, S. C., 446 Starbird, S. B., 354 Starbuck, A. W., 136 Starbuck, D. J., 136 Stark, Kirk, 354 Starke, Daniel, 136 Starkey, J. L., 136 Starkey, L. T., 354 Starkweather, Archibald, 354 Starr, J. B., 136 Starrett, W. N., 354 Start, W. A.,