Angels of the Battlefield
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Barton George Aaron. Angels of the Battlefield
Angels of the Battlefield
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE ORDERS THAT PARTICIPATED
CHAPTER II. ARCHBISHOP HUGHES AND THE SISTERS
CHAPTER III. IN AND AROUND RICHMOND
CHAPTER IV. HARPER’S FERRY
CHAPTER V. ST. LOUIS MILITARY HOSPITAL
CHAPTER VI. IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON
CHAPTER VII. SISTER ANTHONY AT SHILOH
CHAPTER VIII. PORTSMOUTH AND NORFOLK
CHAPTER IX. LABORS IN FREDERICK CITY
CHAPTER X. WHITE HOUSE
CHAPTER XI. MANASSAS AND ANTIETAM
CHAPTER XII. NEW ORLEANS
CHAPTER XIII. SOUTHERN BATTLEFIELDS
CHAPTER XIV. GETTYSBURG
CHAPTER XV. SATTERLEE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XVI. THE FALL OF RICHMOND
CHAPTER XVII. SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NAZARETH
CHAPTER XVIII. MORE ABOUT NAZARETH
CHAPTER XIX. SISTERS OF MT. ST. VINCENT
CHAPTER XX. THE SISTERS OF MERCY
CHAPTER XXI. THE NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS
CHAPTER XXII. LABORS IN THE WEST
CHAPTER XXIII. THE STANTON HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XXIV. SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH
CHAPTER XXV. SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS
CHAPTER XXVI. MOTHER ANGELA
CHAPTER XXVII. NON-CATHOLIC TRIBUTES
CHAPTER XXVIII. A LESSON IN CHARITY
APPENDIX
I. AN INNOCENT VICTIM
II. MEDALS FOR SISTERS
III. HONORED BY THE QUEEN
IV. VETERANS OF THE CRIMEAN WAR
V. POOR SISTER ST. CLAIRE
VI. LORD NAPIER’S TESTIMONY
VII. VERY REV. JAMES FRANCIS BURLANDO, C. M
VIII. MOTHER SETON
IX “THE SISTER OF CHARITY.”
X. SISTERS OF CHARITY
XI “THE ANGELS OF BUENA VISTA.”
XII. CATHERINE ELIZABETH McAULEY
XIII. CLERICAL VETERANS
XIV. CATHOLICS IN THE WAR
XV. THE SANITARY COMMISSION
XVI “THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.”
XVII. A MIRACLE OF THE WAR
XVIII. LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG
XIX. THE FAITH AND THE FLAG
XX. A ROMANCE OF THE WAR
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE
Archbishop Ryan’s Eloquent and Earnest Letter of Recommendation
A Very Flattering Tribute from the Governor of Pennsylvania
High Praise from the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
Particularly Happy in Avoiding Sectional, Political or Religious Controversies
Comment from the Official Organ of the Historical Society of Quebec, Canada
Cordial Words from Right Rev. Edmond F. Prendergast, D. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia
General Miles, the Head of the Army, and the “Angels of the Battlefield.”
The work possesses “the Light and Interest Which Belongs to Incidents from Life.”
Record of Blameless Lives, “Strung Like Golden Beads on a Silver Thread.”
“Magnificent Contribution to the Best Literature of Our Day.”
“Supplies a Chapter Essential to the History of the War.”
“The Whole Book Clean and Written in an Easy, Practical Style.”
“Embodies the Work of Several Years of Research and Correspondence.”
“Will Take Its Place With Standard Histories of the War.”
“Vivid Pictures of Sisters Who Have Gone to Their Reward.”
The Data is “Presented in a Very Attractive and Pleasing Form.”
The Writer “Presents a Book With Not a Dull Page in it.”
“The Story of the Sisters Well Told in This Charming Book.”
“Illustrations in Perfect Taste from the Beginning to the End.”
“It Should Appeal Especially to Veterans of the War.”
Fills “A Gap in the Chronicle of the Gruesome Years of the War.”
The Effort “Was Well Worth Making, and the Task is Done Admirably.”
The Reader “Brought Face to Face With the Sterner Realities of War.”
All Will “Welcome This Delightful Volume With Its Sprightly Narrative.”
The “Clear, Crisp Newspaper English” One of Its Good Points.”
Illustrating “The Extent and the Superb Courage” of the Sisters
“A Comprehensive Book That Makes History, and Valuable History.”
“The Twenty-Seven Chapters of the Volume Crowded With Stories.”
“A Fascinating Volume that Perpetuates the Memories of the Sisterhoods in the Civil War.”
“A Book Valuable as a Record and in its Literary Style.”
“The Descriptions of the More Important Engagements are Really Graphic.”
“It is Well to Let the World Know of Their Heroic Services.”
“Praiseworthy Attempt to Give Plain Facts Without Comment.”
“Fleeting Glimpses of Many of the Great Characters of the Time.”
Right Rev. I. F. Horstmann, D. D., Bishop of Cleveland
An Indorsement from the Editor of a Well-Known Latin Journal
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Pleasure Taken “in Complimenting the Author on His Splendid Production.”
“Recounts Many Incidents Which Will Be Read With the Deepest Interest.”
“This Comprehensive History of Mercy Reads Almost Like a Romance.”
“Tribute of Permanent Preservation Well Carried Out and Richly Deserved.”
“The Nobler Literature of the World Gains By This Work.”
Author of the Work has Succeeded in Compiling “a Fascinating Volume.”
“Performed His Task With Excellent Judgment and in a Broad Spirit.”
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George Barton
A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War
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He was a witness to many pathetic and humorous incidents in the daily routine of hospital service. On one occasion he was attending a poor drummer boy who was only too surely approaching the end of his life of warfare. He spoke to him gently of the things necessary to do under such circumstances, instructed him to glance over his past life and try and feel a genuine sorrow for all of his sins and for anything he had done against his fellow-man.
The boy listened meekly for a while, but when he was told to be sorry for all his wrong-doing a new light flashed upon him. He half rose in bed and defiantly declared that if this contemplated the severing of his allegiance to the Southern Confederacy and an admission that the “Yankees” were right he would have none of it. Half-amused at the outburst, and not entirely unmoved at this flash of spirit in what the lad no doubt deemed a righteous cause, the good priest soon assured him that his mission was not of the North or the South, but of God. The young sufferer died soon after this with most edifying sentiments upon his lips.
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