attle of Belmont--Her extemporized flag of truce--Her
remarkable and excessive labors after the battle of Shiloh--On the
Hospital steamers--Among the hospitals at Cairo--"A merry Christmas" for
the soldiers stationed at Cairo--Illness induced by her over-exertion--
Her tour in Europe--Her labors there, while in feeble health--Mrs.
Livermore's sketch of Miss Safford--Her personal appearance and _petite_
figure--"An angel at Cairo"--"That little gal that used to come in every
day to see us--I tell you what she's an angel if there is any". 357-361

MRS. LYDIA G. PARRISH.

Previous history--Early consecration to the work of beneficence in the
army--Visiting Georgetown Seminary Hospital--Seeks aid from the Sanitary
Commission--Visits to camps around Washington--Return to Philadelphia to
enlist the sympathies of her friends in the work of the Commission--
Return to Seminary Hospital--The surly soldier--He melts at last--Visits
in other hospitals--Broad and Cherry Street Hospital, Philadelphia--
Assists in organizing a Ladies' Aid Society at Chester, and in forming
a corps of volunteer nurses--At Falmouth, Virginia, in January, 1863,
with Mrs. Harris--On a tour of inspection in Virginia and North Carolina
with her husband--The exchange of prisoners--Touching scenes--The
Continental Fair--Mrs. Parrish's labors in connection with it--The
tour of inspection at the Annapolis hospitals--Letters to the Sanitary
Commission--Condition of the returned prisoners--Their hunger--The St.
John's College Hospital--Admirable arrangement--Camp Parole Hospital--
The Naval Academy Hospital--The landing of the prisoners--Their
frightful sufferings--She compiles "The Soldiers' Friend" of which more
than a hundred thousand copies were circulated--Her efforts for the
freedmen. 362-372

MRS. ANNIE WITTENMEYER.

Early efforts for the soldiers--She urges the organization of Aid
Societies, and these become auxiliary at first to the Keokuk Aid
Society, which she was active in establishing--The Iowa State Sanitary
Commission--Mrs. Wittenmeyer becomes its agent--Her active efforts for
the soldiers--She disburses one hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars
worth of goods and supplies in about two years and a-half--She aids in
the establishment of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home--Her plan of
special diet kitchens--The Christian Commission appoint her their
agent for carrying out this plan--Her l