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MRS. FANNY RICKETTS.
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The Sacrifices of American Women. — Grace Darling and Florence Nightingale. — Faithfulness of the young Wife Gertrude. — Birth and Parentage of Mrs. Ricketts. — Battle of Bull Run. — Rumors of the Death of her Husband. — Visits the Battle-field. — Experience with the Rebel General Stuart. — Refuses to sign a Parole. — Remonstrance of Wigfall. — At the Headquarters of General Joseph E. Johnston. — Succeeds in finding her Husband at a Hospital. —Scenes among the Dying and the Dead. — Her Kindness to the Wounded. — The Death of Prescott. — Removal to Richmond. — Honorable Conduct of Stonewall Jackson. — The Prisons in Richmond. — Curiosity of the People. — The Charity of a Magdalen. — Arrival of the Union Prisoners from Ball's Bluff. — Captain Ricketts selected as a Hostage. — Heroism of Captain Thomas Cox. — The Exchange and Return to Washington. — Battles of Fredericksburg and Antietam. — Her Home a Hospital. — Experience in the Shenandoah Valley. — Sheridan's Battle at Cedar Run. — At Danville. — Peace and the Return Home	17-35
MRS. MARY A. BRADY.
Birth and Marriage. — Her Motives for entering upon the Work. — The Meeting of Ladies at her Husband's Office. — The Satterlee Hospital at Philadelphia. — The "James River Fever." — Moral and Social Restoratives. — The Battles of the Chickahominy. — How the Wounded were cared for. — The Fair Amanuensis. — Soldiers' Own Stories. — Letter of Joseph A. Winters. — The Thanksgiving Dinner. — Release of the Boys from the Guard-house. — Failure of the Peninsular Campaign. — Pope's Retreat. — The Hospitals near Alexandria. — A Snow Storm in Camp. — Almost in the Rebel Lines. — Chancellorsville and its Wounded. — The Extemporized Kitchen, and what was done in it. — At Gettysburg. — The Gratitude of the Soldiers. — The Reason of the National Success. — Story of the Empty Sleeve. — Battle of Mine Run. — The Hospital at Martin's Ford. — Extraordinary Labors in the Field. — "Completely worn out." — The Fate of Virginia sealed. — Mrs. Brady's Death	36-53
KADY BROWNELL.
Story of Captain Molly. — Birth of Kady. — Recollections of her Youth. — Daughter of the Regiment. — Skill at Target Shooting. — Color-bearer at Bull Run. — Incidents of the Panic and Retreat. — Her Companion Killed. — Dangerous Journey in an Ambulance. — Return of the Regiment. — Burnside's Expedition. — Heroic Conduct at Newbern. — Acts as Nurse for the Wounded. — Sufferings of her Husband. — Unnatural Conduct of a Rebel Engineer. — Anecdote of two Newbern Ladies. — Spirited Conversation with Colonel Avery. — Opinions of the Flag. — A Rebel who "allus was agin the war." The Return Home. — The Captured Rifle. — Her Honorable Discharge	54-64
MRS. P. B. HURD.
A Story of Border Suffering. — Massacre at Sheteck Lake. — Fiendish Cruelty of the Sioux Indians. — Death of Mr. Hurd and Mr. Voight. — A Journey through the Wilderness. — Heroism of a Mother. — Battle at Wood Lake. — Escape of Little Crow. — Execution of the Indians	65-74
MARGARET E. BRECKINRIDGE.
The Siege of Vicksburg. — Enters upon her Work. — Her Ancestry and Family History. — Contributes to the "Princeton Standard." — Appeals for Aid, and encourages the Soldiers in the Field. — Incidents of General Morgan's Invasions of Kentucky. — Jeff Davis's Thanksgiving Day at Lexington, Ky. — Kirby Smith in the Pulpit. — The Hospitals at Young's Point. — Labors there. — "Ain't she an Angel?" — Her Transparent Purity and Beauty of Character. — How the Soldiers loved her. — At Work in the Aid Societies. — Incidents of the Suffering Soldiers. —The Soldier's Song. — How much Salary she received. — Knitting for the Soldiers, a Song. — Increasing Labors and Declining Health. — Returns to Philadelphia. — At the Episcopal Hospital. — The old Negro Woman. — Death of her Brother-in-Law, Colonel Porter. — Effect upon her Health. — Her Last Days and Death	75-90
MRS. ELIDA RUMSEY FOWLE.
The Exchanged Prisoners. — Effect of Song upon them. — The Rostrum of Knapsacks. — The Erection of the Soldiers' Free Library. — The Dying Soldier Boy. — "Nearer Home." — Incident of the Patent Office Hospital. — "The Rebel Flags." — Sheridan gives "the Rebs Hail Columbia." — Hospital Labors after the Second Battle of Bull Run. — Experience in the Amputating Room. — "Determined to accomplish Something." — The "Unknown" Martyr. — A Hero of Chancellorsville. — Chaplain Quint. — Retirement of Home	91-108
BRIDGET DIVERS.
"Irish Biddy" joins the Michigan Cavalry. — Her Knowledge of the Men. — How she cared for them. — Acts as Chaplain. — Her Work in the Hospitals. — The Christian and Sanitary Commissions. — Under Fire. — Escapes Capture at Cedar Creek. — Her Generosity to the Wounded and Sick. — Personal Appearance and Character	109-112
MRS. ISABELLA FOGG.
Inauguration of Hostilities. — Her Schoolboy Son enlists. — Discovers her "Duty." — Labors at Annapolis. — The Fight at Williamsburg. — On the Hospital Boats. — Fair Oaks. — At the Front. — "Just where she wanted to go." — Mr. Knapp, of the Sanitary Commission. — At Savage Station. — The Perils of Chickahominy Swamp. — Gaines's Mill. — Retreat of McClellan. — The March to James River. — Incidents. — Returns to Portland. — At Work again at Antietam. — General Hooker. — Burnside's Attempt at Fredericksburg. — Journal of her Experiences. — Storm of Shot and Shell at Chancellorsville. — Heroic Answer of a Wounded Boy. — The "Rest" on the Rappahannock. — "Independence Day at Gettysburg." — Kelley's Ford and Mine Run. — Hospital Labors. — Liberality of the Maine Legislature. — Grant "determined to fight it out on that line." — The awful Price of a Nation's Existence. — The Army at Front Royal. — Battle at Cedar Run; her Son wounded. — The Christian Commission. — At Louisville. — Injured on a Hospital Boat. — Close of the War	113-126
WHAT WE DID AT GETTYSBURG.
Journal of the Labors of two Ladies after the Battle. — Sanitary Commission Lodge. — Distributing Supplies. — The Journey to Gettysburg. — Kilpatrick's Fight. — The Dead Rebel. — "No one to help." — Clearing of the Hospitals. — The Extempore Ambulances. — Songs of the Negroes. — Arrival of a Delegation. — Feed Rebels as well as Unionists. — Tamarinds and Water. — The Gettysburg Women. — Extortion. — A Man who never saw a Rebel. — The Stupid Dutchman. — A Brave Woman. — "Tell her I love her." — The Dying Rebel Lieutenant. — How Black People pray. — Blessings for Abraham Lincoln. — Distribution of gay colored Handkerchiefs. — A Crazy Man in the Hospital. — The Wisconsin Mother. — Patriotism of the Boys. — "Red, White, and Blue."	127-147
MRS. MARY W. LEE.
The Union Refreshment Room at Philadelphia. — Labors on the Spalding. — The Crutch Brigade. — Scenes in the Peninsula Campaign. — How she subdued a Selfish Sutler. — Death of Adams, of the Nineteenth
Massachusetts. — Dumplings for the Soldiers. — Anecdote of General Sedgwick. — Mrs. General Barlow on the Field. — Willie Morrow, the Pennsylvania Sharpshooter. — Hospital at Smoketown. — A Mother's Love. — Henry Cole. — Dr. Vanderkeift. — A Case of "Pudding and Milk." — Explosion at Harper's Ferry. — Testimonials. — Labors at Falmouth. — The Old Stove. — Storming of Marye's Heights. — The "Towel Flag." — Care of the Wounded. — Incidents of the Lacey House. — The Portrait. — At Gettysburg. — Aaron Wills, the Color Corporal. — The Second Division Hospital. — The Love of the "Boys." — The Battles of the Wilderness. — An Extemporized Kitchen. — Cooking for the Army. — At the White House. — Miss Cornelia Hancock. — Rows of Silent Sufferers. — At City Point. — Death of Major Smith. — Devotion of Colonel Crosby. — "My Country has had my Arm, she is welcome to my Life." — Letter of Mrs. Bush. — "Unsealing the Fountains." — Capture of Lee's Army. — The "Chorus of Victory." — A Visit from President Lincoln. — Mrs. Lee returns to her home	148-169
MISS MAJOR PAULINE CUSHMAN.
Ancestry and Birth. — Becomes an Actress. — Her Toast to the Southern Confederacy. — Enters the Service of the North as a Spy. — Adventures in Tennessee. — Her good Fortune leaves her. — Captured by Morgan's Men. — Forrest's Friendship. — How she talked to a Rebel General. — Woman's Wit. — A Visit to General Bragg. — Morgan's Adieu. — Colloquy with Bragg. — Sentenced to be hanged. — The Ruse. — Arrival of Rosecrans' Advance. — Is liberated by General Garfield	170-175
MRS. JOHN HARRIS.
Charity of Philadelphia. — Dr. Boardman's Church. — Relief for the Soldiers. — Mrs. Joel Jones. — Mrs. Stephen Colwell. — Ladies' Aid Society. — Work at the Front. — The Potomac Hospitals. — The Sad Stories of War. — How she improved the Taste of the Tea. — Scenes in the Hygeia Hospital. — The Carolina Boy. — Consolations for the Dying. — The Young Alabamian. — The Chesapeake Hospital. — Battle of Fair Oaks. — On Board the Vanderbilt. — Fearful Surgical Operations. — "This is War." — Fight at Dudley's Farm. — The Heroic Maine Captain: "Now go on, my Braves!" — Opinion of "some Army Chaplains." — Labors at Harrison's Landing. — Distribution of Supplies to Soldiers. — Scenes at Antietam. — Sufferings of Meagher's Brigade. — The Dying Hero. — "There is Rest for the Weary." — Song a Comforter. — "I love my Country better than my Life." — Thoughts of the Soldiers. — Filial Devotion. — Sights on the Battlefield. — Mrs. Harris's Letters. — Their Effect at the North. — The "Valley Forge" of the War. — General Hooker takes Command. — Labors at the Lacey House. — A Sabbath in War. — "Bully Soup." — Operations
after the Battle of Chancellorsville. — Miss Dix. — Gettysburg. — At Warrenton. — Commences her Work in the Western Army. — The Conflict at Chattanooga. — The Poor Whites. — A Dark Picture. — Heroism of the Wounded. — Sights in Nashville. — The Refugee Women. — Andersonville and Salisbury. — Conclusion	176-212
MARY E. SHELTON.
Is appointed Secretary to Mrs. Wittenmeyer. — Her Work at St. Louis. — Stories of Helena. — Labors of Love. — Condition of the Sick Soldiers. — Songs of the Soldiers. — "Just like my own Mother." — Liberty Hix. — Mrs. Wittenmeyer's Labors. — Dr. Powell. — Journey to the Big Black. — Hospital Sketches. — "Little Willie." — Amusing Letters. — Sham Marriages. — The Swamp Fever. — How a Wicked Rebel was frightened. — Heroism of a German Wife. — A Sad Death. — A Suicide. — "Mother! Mother! Mother!" — Hattie and Charlie. — A Good Woman. — An Affecting Incident. — Love for the Dear Old Flag. — Mrs. E. P. Smith. — The "Ancient Mariner." — "Grapes and Cologne saved me." — How Roses were Secured for the Hospitals	213-237
CARRIE SHEADS.
The Oak Ridge Seminary. — Gettysburg. — Hand-to-hand Fighting. — Lieutenant-Colonel Wheelock. — Heroism of Miss Sheads. — "Southern Grit." — Devotion to the Wounded. — A Patriotic Family. — Conclusion	238-244
MRS. STEPHEN BARKER.
Work that she did. — The Fourteenth Massachusetts. — What is to be expected in a Hospital. — Fort Albany. — Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher. — "Hospital Visitors." — Gratitude of the Soldiers. — Systematic Visits. — Wounded Germans. — The Letter Express. — New York Woman's Central Relief Association. — Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler. — After the War	245-253
MRS. BELLE REYNOLDS.
The Young Wife. — Experience in Camp. — Marching Orders. — Campaigning in Southern Missouri. — After the Battle of Belmont. — Natural Scenery. — Corinth and Memphis. — General Grant. — The First Day at Pittsburg Landing. — A Desperate Case. — "The Rebels are coming." — The Brave Sergeant. — A Scene of Terror. — A Woman on the Battle-field. — "Mustered out." — An Uncivil Surgeon. — Dr. Warriner. — Is commissioned a Major by Governor Yates. — Death of Captain Swain. — General Grant and his Cigar. — Out in a Storm. — At Milliken's Bend. — Running the Blockade at Vicksburg. — The Surrender. — "Truce Tree." — At Home	254-277
MRS. CHARLOTTE E. McKAY.
Life at Frederick City. — Battle at Winchester. — Duties in the Hospital. — Death of the German Boy. — A Visit from Stonewall Jackson. — Defeat of Banks. — Rebel Occupation of Frederick. — "Maryland, My Maryland." — The Foraging Party. — Polite Rebels. — "Bound to get to Philadelphia." — Antietam. — At Falmouth. — Mrs. General Birney. — Scenes at Chancellorsville. — Labors at Gettysburg. — The Fight at Mine Run. — Spottsylvania and the Wilderness. — Scenes and Incidents. — An Heroic Mother. — Story of "Jim." — Scenes at Hatcher's Run. — Unprincipled Men. — Gifts from the Soldiers. — Recompense. — The Soldier's Grave. — On a Stretcher. — Life in the Tented Field. — The Recruit's First and Last March	278-306
THE BLOODY FLAG OF FORT PILLOW.
Massacre of Union Troops by Forrest. — Death of Major Booth. — "No Quarter." — Brutality of the Rebels. — Scene at Fort Pickering. — Speech of Mrs. Booth. — "Never surrender the Flag to Traitors."	307-312
MRS. MARY MORRIS HUSBAND.
The Descendants of the Heroes of 1776. — Robert Morris. — Lives of Self-sacrifice. — The Hospital at West Philadelphia. — Harrison's Landing. — The Fights at Chantilly and South Mountain. — Testimony of a Massachusetts Man. — An Affecting Incident. — The Dying Boy. — Letters from the Soldiers. — Kind Words. — The Reprieve, and how she obtained it. — Valley Forge of the Rebellion. — Moral Cheer. — Incompetence in the Army. — How to amuse the Sick and Wounded. — The Groves of Potomac Creek. — In Pursuit of Lee. — Comforts for "her Boys." — Her Legal Knowledge. — Intercedes for the Condemned. — Interview with Abraham Lincoln. — The Guard-house. — Meade's Campaign. — Ladies' Aid Society. — A Hurricane in Camp. — The Case of "G. B." — Food for the Patients. — Grant begins in Virginia. — Death of Sedgwick and Wadsworth. — Work at City Point. — Pleasant Features of Hospital Life. — Capture of Lee. — Scenes in Richmond. — Entry of Loyal Troops. — "There's Mother Husband!" — An Ovation from the Conquerors. — Work at Bailey's Cross Roads. — Trophies and Mementoes. — Satisfaction at being permitted to do Good. — Home	313-332
MRS. E. E. GEORGE.
Activity of Indiana in the War. — Sanitary and Christian Commissions. — Nurses from the Military Agency. — Mr. Hannaman. — First Assault on Vicksburg. — Devotion of Mrs. George. — In the Midst of the Guerrillas. — Journey from Nashville to Pulaski. — Accompanies Sherman
in his Great March. — Narrow Escape at Jonesboro'. — Siege of Nashville. — At Wilmington. — The Prisoners from Salisbury. — Too much Work. — Last Sickness and Death	333-340
ANNA MARIA ROSS.
The Cooper Shop Saloon at Philadelphia. — Its Objects. — A Welcome for every Soldier. — The Hospital. — Pleading the Soldier's Cause. — The Fair. — Establishment of the "Soldiers' Home."	341-346
MRS. A. H. HOGE.
Women of the War. — Spirit of William Penn. — Her Sons enter the Service. — Mrs. Livermore. — Commencement of Sanitary Labor. — Chicago Fair. — Travels and Lectures. — Address at Brooklyn. — Hospital at Mound City. — "Turned for the First Time in Five Weeks." — "They had to take the Fort." — The Suffering French Boy. — The Last of Seven Sons. — An Agonized Mother. — Willing to die. — The Only Child. — The Teachings of Youth. — William had gone Home. — At Young's Point. — Onions and Lemons. — Home-made Gingerbread. — "A Cup of Tea like Mother's." — All for the Old Flag. — The Story of John and Mary. — Mother Bickerdyke. — "Bully Milk Toast." — A "Constant Woman." — Bright and Happy Boys. — A Brave Wisconsin Boy. — Vicksburg stormed. — A Visit to the Rifle-pits. — The Religion of the Camp. — "We can fight another Year." — Daguerrotypes. — Soldiers' Reverence for Women. — The War-stained Flag. — "Rally round the Flag, Boys!" — The Soldier's Death	347-372
MISS EMILY W. DANA.
The Naval Academy at Annapolis. — Last Year of the War. — The Cruelties of the Confederates. — Salisbury and Belle Isle. — Dr. Vanderkieft. — Miss Tyler. — The "Main Stay" of the Hospital. — Songs and Stories. — "The Beautiful Boy." — Starved to Death. — The Classic Hero. — Martin Armstrong. — The Love of Jonathan. — Adams the Nurse. — A Rich Experience	373-381
MRS. S. BURGER STEARNS.
The Working of the Commissions. — The Mission of Woman in War. — Lectures in Michigan. — Visits to the Hospitals. — Address at Washington. — Schuyler Colfax. — Proper Sphere of Woman	382-386
MRS. HARRIET W. F. HAWLEY.
Her Husband enters the Service. — Indomitable Perseverance. — Visits Beaufort. — Becomes a Hospital Visitor. — At Fernandina and St. Augustine. — After the Battle at Olustee. — In Charge of Armory Square Hospital at Washington. — Incidents of the Virginia Campaign of 1864. — At Wilmington, N. C. — New Horrors of War. — The Andersonville Prisoners. — The "Jail Fever." — Exertions to relieve the Suffering.
— "Starving to Death." — How the Chaplains worked. — Death of Chaplain Eaton and Miss Kimball. — Terrible Sufferings in the Hospital. — Capture of Richmond. — Affecting Scenes. — Visits the "late" Confederate Capital. — The Battle Ground of Five Forks	387-396
MISS MARIA M. C. HALL.
Secession. — Partisanship in the National Capital. — Birth of Miss Hall. — Noble Aspirations. — Requisites for a Nurse. — Miss Dix. — Self-sacrifice of Mrs. Fales. — The Indiana Hospital. — At Work. — Hospital Transport "Daniel Webster." — Antietam Creek. — At McClellan's Headquarters. — First Experience in the Hospital at Antietam. — The Suffering Confederate. — Work at Smoketown. — Gettysburg. — A "Separate Command." — Miss Helen M. Noye. — Mrs. Tyler. — Andersonville and its Horrors. — Brave Men	397-408
MRS. GOVERNOR HARVEY.
Death of her Husband. — Pittsburg Landing. — Story of her Army Life. — Extraordinary Labors. — The "Orphans of the War."	409-414
MISS AMY M. BRADLEY.
Early Army Experience. — Colonel O. O. Howard. — An Incident of War. — After Bull Run. — The First Patients. — General Slocum. — Takes Charge of the Sick of a Brigade. — Old Aunt Hagar. — Powell House Hospital. — The Death of Nichols. — Letters for the Soldiers. — How young Davis was relieved. — "Doses of Stick-to-him." — Warrenton Junction. — At Yorktown. — Made Lady Superintendent of the Ocean Queen. — Companions in Good Work. — Misses Woolsey, Gilson, and Gardner. — After the Battle of Fair Oaks. — Anna Etheridge. — Arrival of the Wounded. — Conquering a Rebel. — Incidents of the Floating Hospitals. — A Painless Amputation. — Efficacy of Milk Punch "Snifters." — The Soldiers' Home. — J. B. Abbott. — "Camp Misery." — At Camp Distribution. — How she aided the Soldiers at Washington. — Death of Greenwood. — Summary of Labors in Camp. — The Soldier's Journal. — Augur General Hospital. — Plan of Work. — Testimony of the Officers and Soldiers	415-452
MISS REBECCA R. USHER.
The Hospital at Chester, Pa. — Mrs. Tyler. — Co-laborers in the Hospitals. — A Full-blooded Southerner. — Flogging Negroes. — A Touching Reunion. — At Petersburg. — A Stockade described. — Fruit and Vegetables in the Army. — Bridget the Heroine. — Incidents of the Hospitals. — "Too happy to sleep."	453-464
MOTHER BYCKERDYKE.
Labors in the Field and in the Hospital. — Work at Donelson. — Governor Harvey's Eulogium. — Arrests Surgeons for using Sanitary Supplies.
— Grant fights on her Line. — The "Tin Cup Brigade." — She Ranks her General. — At Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain. — Goes with Sherman in his Great Campaign. — Her Labors on the March. — Mrs. Porter's Description of her Work. — "She's a Power of Good." — Gratitude of the Soldiers. — "Broiling Mutton without a Gridiron." — Conclusion	465-471
MRS. ANN HITZ.
Incentives to Deeds of Charity. — Germans in the Army. — The Little Drummer Boy. — German Aid Society. — Incident of Armory Square Hospital. — Praying with the Wounded. — A Tribute to the Young Men of the Army	472-477
"AUNT LIZZIE" AND "MOTHER."
Lizzie Aiken and Mrs. Sturgis. — The Testimony of Charley Kendall. — Woman's Love in the Hospital. — "Angels of Mercy." — Sketch of Aunt Lizzie, by a Soldier. — "Home, sweet Home," and "We are coming, Father Abraham." — Mrs. Brake and Jenny Matheson. — The "Noble Maggies."	478-484
MISS MARY E. DUPEE.
Work at Annapolis. — Rebel Malignity. — "Sunbeams." — A Belle Isle Prisoner's Story. — Incidents. — The Maine Agency. — Care of the Soldiers. — A Satisfactory Experience	485-490
MRS. ELIZABETH MENDENHALL.
The Women of Cincinnati and their Work. — Celebration of the Holidays. — Great Western Sanitary Fair. — Death of William Starr. — "Ready to go." — Miss Elizabeth Morris and Mrs. Thomas. — Labors of Mrs. Colonel Wright and others	491-497
LOYAL SOUTHERN WOMEN.
The Heroine of Cumberland. — How eleven Confederates were captured. — Noble Act of two Tennessee Women. — Heroism of the Misses Taylor. — Bravery of Miss Schwartz. — Miss Oldom's Adventure. — Spirited Conduct of Mrs. Phelps. — Death of General Lyon. — An Instance of Self-sacrifice. — A Loyal Richmond Girl. — The Good Woman at Rome. — Mrs. Hetty M. McEwen	498-512
ANNA ETHERIDGE.
Enlists for the War. — Battle of Blackburn's Ford. — Amid the Shot and Shell. — Receives the "Kearney Cross." — Bringing in the Wounded. — A Narrow Escape. — Soldiers' Affection for her. — At Work on the Hospital Boats. — Testimony of Mrs. Husband and Miss Bradley. — "The Heroine of the War."	513-518
MISS A. SHELTON.
The Nurses at Chattanooga. — Scenery of the Camp. — Miss Hagan and others. — Delirious Patients. — Fights at Dalton and Tunnel Hill. — Special Diet Kitchens	519-522
MISS GEORGIANA WILLETS.
Grant's Method of Warfare. — Scenes at Fredericksburg. — Lack of Hospital Appliances. — Dr. Dalton. — Extempore Bedding. — Bricks for Pillows. — Change of Base. — Removal of the Sick. — March of the Wounded Brigade. — Scenes at Port Royal. — Miss Hancock. — Noble Work of Mrs. Spencer. — Labors at the White House. — Mrs. Price. — "Thirty-six Hours of Torture." — Close of the War	523-528
WOMEN AS SOLDIERS.
"Emily," the Unknown. — Story of Ellen Goodridge. — "Irish Biddy." — Rescues the Dead Body of her Captain. — Heroism at Fair Oaks. — Effect of her Appearance on the Battle-field	529-535
NELLY M. CHASE.
Story of the One-armed Soldier. — Battle of Fredericksburg. — "He's not dying, Doctor." — A Life saved. — How the Wounded were Fed. — The "Roundhead Regiment."	536-540
WOMAN'S SACRIFICES.
Mrs. Ellet. — Story of the Pennsylvanian. — A Mother's Sacrifice. — "That feels like Mother's hand." — The Women of the Prairies	541-553
MISS JANE BOSWELL MOORE.
Patriotism of the Private Soldier. — Reminiscences. — Leonard Wiggan. — Incidents of Hospital Life. — Haskett the Ohioan. — Story of Sergeant Colby. — A Noble Mother	554-570
SANITARY LABORERS.
What they have Accomplished. — Women's Central Relief Association. — The Commissions. — Sanitary Fairs. — Soldiers' Aid Societies. — Penn Relief Association. — New England Women's Auxiliary Association. — Soldiers' Homes and Rests. — Conclusion	571-596