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L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, chapter 8 (search)
on her patriotism labors in the hospitals at Cairo she takes charge of the Northwestern Sanitaryn to go, with a corps of nurses, to the front Cairo and Paducah visit to Pittsburg Landing after During the summer of 1861 Mrs. Porter visited Cairo where hospitals had been established, and in hhe First Illinois Light Artillery, was then at Cairo, where he had been ordered to labor in hospitals; and Mrs. Porter, visiting Cairo and Paducah, entered earnestly into the work of placing the nu proved equally successful and valuable. At Cairo, Mrs. Porter made the acquaintance of Miss Mary J. Safford, since known as the Cairo angel, and co-operating with her there, and with Mr. Porter er sick soldiers, and as she purposed going to Cairo soon, and thought that the night dresses wouldf possible, north of St. Louis. She landed at Cairo, and proceeded to St. Louis by rail, and, on titary posts. At Memphis and Mound City, (near Cairo) at Quincy, Illinois, and the cities on the Oh
L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, Mary J. Safford. (search)
Safford a native of Vermont, but a resident of Cairo her thorough and extensive mental culture shnal appearance and petite figure an angel at Cairo that little gal that used to come in every e late rebellion, found her a resident of Cairo, Illinois, and immediately upon the arrival of the ow her name, but had seen her at Cairo, as the Cairo angel. She came up with boat-load after boat-icago papers, early in the war. An angel at Cairo. I cannot close this letter from Cairo withCairo without a passing word of one whose name is mentioned by thousands of our soldiers with gratitude and bntucky. Every sick and wounded soldier in Cairo knows and loves her; and as she enters the warn her carte blanche to draw on their stores at Cairo for anything she may need in her errands of metaken care of here a heap better than I was at Cairo; but I'd rather be there than here, for the sawell-known and highly respected banker at Cairo, Illinois, and of Hon. A. P. K. Safford of Nevada. [12 more...]
L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, Mrs. Harriet R. Colfax. (search)
k and frequent colds, gladly availed herself of the change offered by a trip on the Hospital-boat, Louisiana, then just fitted up by the Sanitary Commission. At Cairo, they received orders to proceed to Island No.10, and there unexpectedly found themselves in the well-known battle which took place at that point on the 16th, 17th killing and wounding of a number of the enemy, which last were brought on board the Louisiana for care. After remaining there ten days, the Louisiana returned to Cairo, and receiving on board the wounded from Mound City Hospital, carried them to Cincinnati. Mrs. Colfax and her friends were very busy in the care of these poor men, many of them very low, giving unceasing attentions to them, and even then feeling that they had not done half enough. Immediately after their return to Cairo, they left for Savannah and Pittsburg Landing, on the Tennessee River. They took from the latter place two hundred and fifty men, leaving again before the battle of Shil
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)
Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1864 was transferred to Benton Barracks, but was almost immediately prostrated by illness, and after her recovery returned to the Tennessee hospitals. Her gentle sympathizing manners, and her kindness to the soldiers won for her their regard and gratitude. Miss Lucy J. Bissell, of Meremec, St. Louis County, Mo., offered her services as volunteer nurse as soon as the call for nurses in 1861, was issued; and was first sent to one of the regimental hospitals at Cairo, in July, 1861, afterward to Bird's Point, where she lived in a tent and subsisted on the soldiers' rations, for more than a year. After a short visit home she was sent in January, 1863, by the Sanitary Commission to Paducah, Ky., where she remained till the following October. In February, 1864, she was assigned to Benton Barracks Hospital where she continued till June 1st, 1864, except a short sickness contracted by hospital service. In July, 1864, she was transferred to Jefferson Barrac