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.
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.
