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  Atlanta campaign. Army of the Cumberland. Divine service by Rev. P.P. Cooney, C.S.C. Chaplain Gen. of Ind. Troops in the field

  Chromolithograph of an outdoor Catholic Mass during the Atlantic Campaign of the Civil War. A portrait of Rev. P. P. Cooney, a Holy Cross Father, is pictured in the top left scene. The Union soldiers who attended the Easter Sunday field service are shown receiving holy communion in the top right scene. At the bottom left of the illustration, Fr. Cooney administers last rites to a dying soldier in a battle scene. At the bottom right of the print, a Sister of the Holy Cross dispenses medicine to a wounded soldier while two Catholic nuns face each other in the field hospital.

  Tags American Oleograph Co., Chromolithographs--1870-1880, Library of Congress, Military chaplains--Catholic Church, Nuns as nurses, Nursing--United States--History, Portrait prints--1870-1880, Religious services--1860-1870, Sisters of the Holy Cross, United States--History--Civil War, United States.--Army of the Cumberland--Rites & ceremonies--1860-1870, War work--Catholic Church, Women--1860-1870