s time the surgeon of the Smoketown
Hospital, and appreciating Miss Hall's skill and adaptation to her work,
he welcomed her cordially, and did everything in his power to render her
position pleasant. Mrs. Harris was soon called to other scenes, and
after Fredericksburg, went to Falmouth and remained there several
months, but Miss Hall, and Mrs. Husband who was now associated with her
remained at Smoketown; and when Mrs. Husband left, Miss Hall still
continued till May, 1863, when the hospital was broken up, and the
remaining inmates sent to other points.[J]

[Footnote J: The following letter addressed to Miss Hall, by one of the
wounded soldiers under her care at the Smoketown Hospital, a Frenchman
who, while a great sufferer, kept the whole tent full of wounded men
cheerful and bright with his own cheerfulness, singing the Marseillaise
and other patriotic songs, is but one example of thousands, of the
regard felt for her, by the soldiers whose sufferings she had relieved
by her gentle and kindly ministrations.

"MANCHESTER, MASS. _June 28th_, 1866.

"Miss M. M. C. Hall:--There are kind deeds received which a _man_
cannot ever forget, more especially when they are done by one who
does not expect any rewards for them, but the satisfaction of
having helped humanity.

"But as one who first unfortunate, and next fortunate enough to
come under your kind cares, I come rather late perhaps to pay you a
tribute of gratitude which should have been done ere this. I say
pay,--I do not mean that with few lines in a broken English, I
expect to reward you for your good care of me while I was lying at
Smoketown--no, words or gold could not repay you for your
sufferings, privations, the painful hard sights which the angels of
the battle-field are willing to face,--no, God alone can reward
you. Yet, please accept, Miss, the assurance of my profound
respect, and my everlasting gratitude. May the God of Justice,
Freedom and love, ever protect you, and reward you for your conduct
on this earth is the wish of

"Your obedient and respectful servant,
"JULIUS F. RABARDY."

The Frenchman who sometimes sang the Marseillaise--formerly of the
12th Massachusetts Volunteers.]

One feature of this Hospital-life both at Smoketown, and the other
Hospitals with which Miss Hall was connected, a feature to which many of
those under her ca