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L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer. (search)
d these supplies. Thus her work had its inception-and being still the chosen agent of distribution, she gave herself no rest. In fact, from the summer of 1861 until the close of the war, she was continually and actively employed in some department of labor for the soldiers, and did not allow herself so much as one week for rest. From June, 1861, to April 1st, 1862, she had received and distributed goods to the value of $6,000. From that to July 1st, $12,564, and from that until September 25th, 1862, $2,000, making a total of $20,564 received before her appointment of that date by the Legislature as State Agent. From that time until her resignation of the office, January 13th, 1864, she received $115,876,93. Thus, in about two years and a half, she received and distributed more than $136,000 worth of goods and sanitary stores contributed for the benefit of suffering soldiers. But while laboring so constantly in the army, Mrs. Wittenmeyer did not overlook the needs of the dest