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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 -
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.