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U.S. Transport "Cahawba"
Pencil drawing of the Cahawba steamship. The broadside view of the sidewheel ship shows a group of passengers under a covered area and a flying American flag. During the Civil War, the Sisters of Mercy traveled to Beaufort, N.C. on the Cahawba to serve as military nurses. -
The Nuns of the Battlefield Monument, M St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Photograph of the Nuns of the Battlefield bas relief sculpted by Jerome Connor in 1924. The bronze panel is part of the monument erected by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians of America. As a tribute to the Roman Catholic nuns who served as nurses in the Civil War, twelve women religious orders are represented in the sculpture.Tags Ancient Order of Hibernians, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Digital photographs--Color--2000-2010, Library of Congress, Nuns as nurses, Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of the Holy Cross, United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.), United States--History--Civil War, War work--Catholic Church, Women--1860-1870 -
The floating hospital on the Mississippi / drawn by Mr. Theodore R. Davis
Wood engraving of three maritime panels in the May 9, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly. The top panel shows the Union steamboat on the Mississippi River with the caption: The Naval Hospital "Red Rover." In the middle panel, "The Sister" monitors a soldier in a hospital bed. Identified as a member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross who served aboard the hospital ship in the Civil War, the Catholic nurse is pictured beside a waterside grave scene. On the right side of the middle panel is the "Convalescent Ward" of the ship, where five men are sitting and standing. The "Ward" makes up the bottom panel of the illustration with occupied hospital beds on both sides of the ship and another nun tending to a sick soldier.Tags Harper’s Weekly, Hospital ships--Union--1860-1870, Library of Congress, Mississippi River--1860-1870, Nuns as nurses, Nursing--United States--History, Periodical illustrations--1860-1870, Sisters of the Holy Cross, United States--History--Civil War, War work--Catholic Church, Women--1860-1870, Wood engravings--1860-1870 -
Telegram from Susan Phipps to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1861
1861 telegram from a Natchez, Mississippi widow, Susan Phipps, to Governor Pettus. Mrs. Phipps asks for her only son, Henry M. Phipps, to be released from the Adams Light Guards. Although not yet eighteen, Henry had enlisted in the 16th Infantry Regiment.Tags Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi, Confederate States of America. Army, Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Families of military personnel, Military discharge, Mississippi. Governor, Mississippi. Militia, Mothers and sons, Natchez (Miss.), Telegraph, United States--History--Civil War, Widows--1860-1870, Women--1860-1870 -
Staff and Nurses of Satterlee Hospital - 1865
Group photograph of the 1865 Satterlee Army Hospital nurses and staff in West Philadelphia, PA. 29 Daughters of Charity in their religious habits pose in front of the hospital alongside 4 Union servicemen in uniform and 3 male staff members. All of the men have mustaches and/or beards. The Catholic nun standing was the Superioress of the religious order, Sister Mary Gonzaga Grace. One of the patients is pictured in the hospital's window. Satterlee Hospital - West Phila. has been written at the bottom of the sepia-toned photograph. -
Sr M. de Sales Browne
Photograph of Mother Mary de Sales Browne's gravestone in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The Sister of Mercy started a school in Vicksburg, MS, and nursed wounded Confederate soldiers. -
Sisters of the Holy Cross Marker
Color photograph of a 1965 marker in Mishawaka, IN, honoring the nursing contributions of the Sisters of the Holy Cross during the Civil War. At the October 1861 request of Governor Oliver P. Morton, Mother Angela Gillespie and 80 Catholic nuns in her order worked as military nurses and, in 1862, served on the U.S.S. Red Rover hospital ship. The information sign is navy blue with gold lettering and was erected by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission. -
Sister Verona (Sister of Mercy)
Photograph of a young Sister of Charity in her religious habit. The full-length portrait by Mathew Brady documents a Catholic nurse holding her rosary beads with a crucifix cross. Sister Veronica Phillips, misidentified as Sister Verona and a Sister of Mercy, is standing and wearing a black bonnet. -
Sister Mary Gonzaga Grace
Scanned copy of a 1900 book about Sister Mary Gonzaga Grace, Superioress of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. The older Catholic nun was in charge of the sister-nurses who staffed Satterlee Hospital during the Civil War. In the three-quarter length portrait, she is seated with her right arm resting on a book and is wearing a white cornette as part of her religious habit. Two sets of rosary beads and crucifix crosses are visible in the photograph. -
Sister M.M. Joseph
Full-length portrait of a seated Sister of Mercy, holding her rosary beads in both hands, as photographed by Mathew Brady. Misidentified as Sister M. M. Joseph, the young Catholic nun's name is Mother Mary Madeline Tobin. She is dressed in the habit of her religious order and served at a Beaufort, N.C. military hospital.