ng the correction of their papers, and the reinstatement of
the men--"The Soldiers' Journal"--Miss Bradley's object in its
establishment--Its success--Presents to Miss Bradley--Personal
appearance. 212-224
MRS. ARABELLA GRIFFITH BARLOW.
Birth and education of Mrs. Griffith--Her marriage at the beginning
of the war--She accompanies her husband to the camp, and wherever
it is possible ministers to the wounded or sick soldiers--Joins the
Sanitary Commission in July, 1862, and labors among the sick and wounded
at Harrison's Landing till late in August--Colonel Barlow severely
wounded at Antietam--Mrs. Barlow nurses him with great tenderness, and
at the same time ministers to the wounded of Sedgwick Hospital--At
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg--General Barlow again wounded, and in
the enemy's lines--She removes him and succors the wounded in the
intervals of her care of him--In May, 1864, she was actively engaged at
Belle Plain, Fredericksburg, Port Royal, White House, and City Point--
Her incessant labor brought on fever and caused her death July 27,
1864--Tribute of the Sanitary Commission Bulletin, Dr. Lieber and
others, to her memory. 225-233
MRS. NELLIE MARIA TAYLOR.
Parentage and early history--Removal to New Orleans--Her son urged to
enlist in the rebel army--He is sent North--The rebels persecute Mrs.
Taylor--Her dismissal from her position as principal of one of the city
schools--Her house mobbed--"I am for the Union, tear my house down if
you choose!"--Her house searched seven times for the flag--The Judge's
son--"A piece of Southern chivalry"--Her son enlists in the rebel army
to save her from molestation--New Orleans occupied by the Union forces--
Mrs. Taylor reinstated as teacher--She nurses the soldiers in the
hospitals, during her vacations and in all the leisure hours from her
school duties, her daughter filling up the intermediate time with her
services--She expends her entire salary upon the sick and wounded--
Writes eleven hundred and seventy-four letters for them in one year--
Distributes the supplies received from the Cincinnati Branch of Sanitary
Commission in 1864, and during the summer takes the management of the
special diet of the University Hospital--Testimony of the soldiers to
her labors--Patriotism and zeal of her children--Terms on which Miss
Alice Taylor would present a confederate flag to
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