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L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, chapter 8 (search)
ive as possible, it was decided to accept the services of the Hospital visitors. They have been at home in the hospitals ever since the war began, but never in the camp. But we believed that even here they would be safe, and the gifts they brought would be more valued because brought by them. Six ladies have been employed by the Sanitary Commission as Hospital Visitors. These were temporarily transferred from their hospitals to the field. The Second and Fifth Corps were visited by Mrs. Steel and Miss Abby Francis. The Sixth Corps by Mrs. Johnson, Miss Armstrong, and Mrs. Barker; on in each division. The Ninth Corps by Miss Wallace, whose illness afterward obliged her to yield her place to Mrs. Barker. The Fourteenth Corps by Miss Armstrong. The Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps by ladies belonging to those corps--Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Bickerdyke-whose admirable services rendered other presence superfluous. The Twentieth Corps was visited by Mrs. Johnson. The art