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Keokuk, Iowa (Iowa, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
test benefit as an adjunct of the medical treatment, was at the outbreak of the rebellion, residing in quiet seclusion at Keokuk. With the menace of armed treason to the safety of her country's institutions, she felt all her patriotic instincts and ders will doubtless wonder what these Special Diet Kitchens' are. They have been originated by Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, of Keokuk, formerly State Sanitary Agent of Iowa. In her arduous labors in the Army of the Cumberland, she met with a large numberdaughter of the Honorable J. K. Moorehead, of Pittsburg. The one here is under the direction of Mrs. R. E. Conrad, of Keokuk, Iowa, and her two sisters. They are doing a great and good work now in Knoxville. From three to five hundred patients areand similar labors, until the close of the war, and the disbanding of that organization, when she returned to her home in Keokuk, to resume the quiet life she had abandoned, and to gain needed repose, after her four years effort in behalf of our suff
Pittsburg Landing (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
les of food as our good people supply to the very bed-sides of the poor languishing soldiers, and administering, with words of encouragement and sympathy, to their pressing wants; such persons to co-operate with the surgeons in all their efforts for the sick. This plan of operations has been sanctioned and adopted by the United States Christian Commission. There is one in successful operation at Nashville, under the direction, I believe, of a daughter of the Honorable J. K. Moorehead, of Pittsburg. The one here is under the direction of Mrs. R. E. Conrad, of Keokuk, Iowa, and her two sisters. They are doing a great and good work now in Knoxville. From three to five hundred patients are thus daily supplied with delicate food, who would otherwise have scarcely anything to eat. The success of their labors has demonstrated beyond a doubt the practicability of the plan of Mrs. Wittenmeyer. The good resulting from their arduous labor proves that much can be done by these special effor
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 20
want of canned fruits, jellies, preserves, etc. If our good people, who have already done so much, will provide these necessary means, they will be distributed to the most needy, and in such a way as to accomplish the most good. The War Department is so well satisfied with the value of these Diet Kitchens, in saving the lives of thousands of invalids, that it has issued the following special Order:-- Special orders, no. 362 [extract.]. War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, D. C., October 24, 1864. 56. Permission to visit the United States General Hospitals, within the lines of the several Military Departments of the United States, for the purpose of superintending the preparation of food in the Special Diet Kitchens of the same, is hereby granted Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, Special Agent United States Christian Commission, and such ladies as she may deem proper to employ, by request of the United States surgeons. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish t
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
ll secure the distribution of proper food to this class of patients-taking such delicate articles of food as our good people supply to the very bed-sides of the poor languishing soldiers, and administering, with words of encouragement and sympathy, to their pressing wants; such persons to co-operate with the surgeons in all their efforts for the sick. This plan of operations has been sanctioned and adopted by the United States Christian Commission. There is one in successful operation at Nashville, under the direction, I believe, of a daughter of the Honorable J. K. Moorehead, of Pittsburg. The one here is under the direction of Mrs. R. E. Conrad, of Keokuk, Iowa, and her two sisters. They are doing a great and good work now in Knoxville. From three to five hundred patients are thus daily supplied with delicate food, who would otherwise have scarcely anything to eat. The success of their labors has demonstrated beyond a doubt the practicability of the plan of Mrs. Wittenmeyer. T
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 20
their efforts for the sick. This plan of operations has been sanctioned and adopted by the United States Christian Commission. There is one in successful operation at Nashville, under the directioutant-General's Office, Washington, D. C., October 24, 1864. 56. Permission to visit the United States General Hospitals, within the lines of the several Military Departments of the United StatesUnited States, for the purpose of superintending the preparation of food in the Special Diet Kitchens of the same, is hereby granted Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, Special Agent United States Christian Commission, and United States Christian Commission, and such ladies as she may deem proper to employ, by request of the United States surgeons. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation. By order of the Secretary of War:United States surgeons. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation. By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General Official: Diet Kitchens. Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer suggested and introduced the use of the Diet Kitchen into the hospitals. The Kitchen was used exte
Iowa (Iowa, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
timate of her services by the Christian Commission Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, who, during the early part of the war was widely known as the State Sanitary Agent of Iowa, and afterward as the originator of the Diet Kitchens, which being attached to hospitals proved of the greatest benefit as an adjunct of the medical treatment, wasf the suffering soldiers. These appeals, and the intense sympathy and patriotism that inspired the hearts of the women of the North, proved quite sufficient. In Iowa the earlier Reports were addressed to her, and societies throughout the State forwarded their goods to the Keokuk Aid Society with which she was connected. As theaders will doubtless wonder what these Special Diet Kitchens' are. They have been originated by Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, of Keokuk, formerly State Sanitary Agent of Iowa. In her arduous labors in the Army of the Cumberland, she met with a large number of patients who suffered for want of suitably prepared, delicate and nutritious
Knoxville (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
blish Diet Kitchens, where suitable food may be prepared by ladies' hands for our sick soldiers,--the Government furnishing the staple articles, and the Christian Commission providing the ladies and the delicacies and cordials. One of these at Knoxville is thus described by a correspondent of The Lutheran:-- There have been several large hospitals in this city, but recently they have been all consolidated into one. In connection with this hospital is a Special Diet kitchen. Many of our shville, under the direction, I believe, of a daughter of the Honorable J. K. Moorehead, of Pittsburg. The one here is under the direction of Mrs. R. E. Conrad, of Keokuk, Iowa, and her two sisters. They are doing a great and good work now in Knoxville. From three to five hundred patients are thus daily supplied with delicate food, who would otherwise have scarcely anything to eat. The success of their labors has demonstrated beyond a doubt the practicability of the plan of Mrs. Wittenmeyer.
Hospitals (search for this): chapter 20
dy done so much, will provide these necessary means, they will be distributed to the most needy, and in such a way as to accomplish the most good. The War Department is so well satisfied with the value of these Diet Kitchens, in saving the lives of thousands of invalids, that it has issued the following special Order:-- Special orders, no. 362 [extract.]. War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, D. C., October 24, 1864. 56. Permission to visit the United States General Hospitals, within the lines of the several Military Departments of the United States, for the purpose of superintending the preparation of food in the Special Diet Kitchens of the same, is hereby granted Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, Special Agent United States Christian Commission, and such ladies as she may deem proper to employ, by request of the United States surgeons. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation. By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. Townsend,
Kitchens (search for this): chapter 20
atients, and this led to the establishment of Diet Kitchens. Believing her idea could be better carried out ade with the medical authorities to establish Diet Kitchens, where suitable food may be prepared by ladies' haders will doubtless wonder what these Special Diet Kitchens' are. They have been originated by Mrs. Annie Wittlan proposed, is the establishment of Special Diet Kitchens, in connection with that Commission, to be superie great need we have in connection with these Diet Kitchens, is the want of canned fruits, jellies, preserves, is so well satisfied with the value of these Diet Kitchens, in saving the lives of thousands of invalids, thaend, Assistant Adjutant-General Official: Diet Kitchens. Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer suggested and introducethe commission of the manager. The Special Diet Kitchens, were first adopted in the Department of the Cumbehe Christian Commission, in the organizing of Diet Kitchens, and similar labors, until the close of the war, a
E. D. Townsend (search for this): chapter 20
General Hospitals, within the lines of the several Military Departments of the United States, for the purpose of superintending the preparation of food in the Special Diet Kitchens of the same, is hereby granted Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, Special Agent United States Christian Commission, and such ladies as she may deem proper to employ, by request of the United States surgeons. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation. By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General Official: Diet Kitchens. Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer suggested and introduced the use of the Diet Kitchen into the hospitals. The Kitchen was used extensively among the Branch Offices of the West. The design of the Kitchen was, to have prepared for the men who were under treatment, such articles of food and delicacies as are grateful to the sick, and at the same time may be allowed with safety. The ladies who were engaged in this department performed the
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