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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. -
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. -
Letter from Caroline Burrus to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 27, 1865
1865 letter on behalf of a Starkville, Mississippi widow, Caroline M. Burrus, to Governor Sharkey. Burrus or Burns appeared before Probate Judge David Ames and asked to be relieved of the tax on her inn. Ames testifies that Burrus is the poor mother of several children and the inn is her only means of support. On page 2 of the letter, Burrus' request was answered. -
Beaufort: Union Occupation and Confederate Spies
Historical marker and audio recording of an information sign in Beaufort, NC. During the Union occupation of Beaufort, the Sisters of Mercy traveled from New York to nurse the wounded and sick at the Atlantic Hotel. Renamed Hammond Hospital in 1862, the site of the Atlantic Hotel is referred to as a point of interest on a Beaufort map. -
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 -
Mother is the battle over?
Civil War sheet music associated with the Confederate side. Two pages of the ballad consist of notated music and lyrics. The speaker of the song is the son of a Southern soldier. In the first two verses, the son asks his mother when or if his father is coming home. In the last verse, the widow replies and confirms that her husband is dead.Tags Library of Congress, Mothers and sons--Confederate States of America--Songs and music, Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Death--Songs and music, United States--History--Civil War, Vocal duets, War widows--Confederate States of America--Songs and music, Widows--1860-1870, Women--1860-1870 -
Nuns of the Battlefield, War Council Records, Box 86, Folder 61
List of 580 Civil War Sister-Nurses compiled by the War Department in Washington, D.C. At the time of the list's publication, there were 10 surviving war veterans. The 4-page document is organized into 21 communities of women religious who served on battlefields or in hospitals. Representing 11 distinct orders, the Catholic nuns are listed alphabetically, first by their specific community, then by their last name. Sister-Nurses with an asterisk by their names have had a white marble Government Marker placed at their graves at the petition of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The list also includes a photograph of an unknown cemetery with cross headstones and Government Markers.Tags Ancient Order of Hibernians, Cemeteries, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Gravestones, Nuns as nurses, Nursing--United States--History, Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of the Holy Cross, The Catholic University of America, United States--History--Civil War, War work--Catholic Church, Women--1860-1870 -
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. -
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: William A. Hammond to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, July 16, 1862 (Catholic and Protestant nurses)
1862 letter from U.S. Surgeon General William A. Hammond to Abraham Lincoln. Hammond informs the President that he will try to employ more Protestant nurses but believes they do not compare to the Catholic nurses. Calling them Sisters of Charity, Hammond praises the work of the Catholic nuns in the Civil War.Tags Correspondence, Library of Congress, Manuscripts, Nuns as nurses, Nursing--United States--History, Presidents--United States, Protestants, Sisters of Charity, Surgeons general (Military personnel), United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.), United States--History--Civil War, United States--Politics and government--1861-1865, Women--1860-1870 -
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