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Title: Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Barton, George, 1866-1940
Subjects: Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul North Caroliniana
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., : The Catholic Art Publishing Company
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation

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further irritate him with sugges-tions. Finally the carriage was extricated and the pil-grims proceeded upon their way. About twilight the Southern pickets were seen, for theSouth stni held a portion of Maryland. The first soldierinquired where the Sisters were going, and with whatintent. He then passed them on to the next guard, andso on until they came to the last, who said: ^We have justreceived such strict orders regarding persons crossingin or out. that it is not in my power to pass you on. Thecaptain of the guards was sent for, however, and the Sis-ters were transferred over the Potomac Bridge. Greatcargoes of powder had already been placed on this bridge,so that, in the event of the enemys approach it might bedestroyed. Harpers Ferry is at the junction of the Potomac andShenandoah Rivers, the Potomac separating Marylandand Virginia. A summit above the town, standing be-tween the two rivers, is called Bolivar Heights. On thiselevation was located the military hospital where the
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u I- CO h- O LLU.O Hz occ< m o GO HAEPERS FEERY. 39 Sisters were to labor. A neat little Catholic cliurcli waslocated about midway between the valley and the town. The hospital was filled with the sick, and around thetown lay thousands of men just arrived from themost remote Southern States. A cold wet spell had pre-ceded the present heat, and many of the men were ill andlay in their tents until vacancies opened for them in thebadly sheltered houses in the town. The men in one reg-iment had contracted measles on their march; thisspreading among others with the exposure incidental toarmy life thinned their numbers before the ball and thesword had begun their quicker work. On reaching their lodgings the Sisters found supperprepared, and after disposing of this they soon retiredto rest. The stillness and darkness of the town wasfrightful. No sound but the Sisters voices or footstepswas to be heard. Not a. light gleamed from the fastenedwindows for fear of discovery by the hidden enemy

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