.

The first woman to work for the soldiers--She commenced in December,
1860--Her continuous service--Amount of stores distributed by her--
Variety and severity of her work--Hospital Transport Service--
Harrison's Landing--Her work in Pope's campaign--Death of her son--Her
sorrowful toil at Fredericksburg and Falmouth--Her peculiarities and
humor. 279-283

CORNELIA HANCOCK.

Early labors for the soldiers--Mr. Vassar's testimony--Gettysburg--The
campaign of 1864--Fredericksburg and City Point. 284-286

MRS. MARY MORRIS HUSBAND.

Her ancestry--Patriotic instincts of the family--Service in Philadelphia
hospitals--Harrison's Landing--Nursing a sick son--Ministers to others
there--Dr. Markland's testimony--At Camden Street Hospital, Baltimore--
Antietam--Smoketown Hospital--Associated with Miss M. M. C. Hall--Her
admirable services as nurse there--Her personal appearance--The
wonderful apron with its pockets--The battle-flag--Her heroism in
contagious disease--Attachment of the soldiers for her--Her energy and
activity--Her adventures after the battle of Chancellorsville--The Field
Hospital near United States Ford--The forgetful surgeon--Matron of Third
Division, Third Corps Hospital, Gettysburg--Camp Letterman--Illness of
Mrs. Husband--Stationed at Camp Parole, Annapolis--Hospital at Brandy
Station--The battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania--Overwhelming
labor at Fredericksburg, Port Royal, White House, and City Point--Second
Corps Hospital at City Point--Marching through Richmond--"Hurrah for
mother Husband"--The visit to her "boys" at Bailey's Cross Roads--
Distribution of supplies--Mrs. Husband's labors for the pardon or
commutation of the sentence of soldiers condemned by court-martial--Her
museum and its treasures. 287-298

THE HOSPITAL TRANSPORT SERVICE.

The organization of this service by the United States Sanitary
Commission--Difficulties encountered--Steamers and sailing vessels
employed--The corps of ladies employed in the service--The headquarters'
staff--Ladies plying on the Transports to Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York, and elsewhere--Work on the Daniel Webster--The
Ocean Queen--Difficulties in providing as rapidly as was desired for
the numerous patients--Duties of the ladies who belonged to the
headquarters' staff--Description of scenes in the work by Miss Wormeley