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Because sections of this book were written by different people, accent, spelling and hyphen usage is inconsistent. These inconsistencies have been preserved except where noted.
"'SHOOT, IF YOU MUST, THIS OLD GRAY HEAD. BUT SPARE YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG,' SHE SAID."
Barbara Frietchie.
H. L. Stephens, Del. Samuel Sartain, Sc.
Woman's Work in the Civil War:
A RECORD
OF
HEROISM, PATRIOTISM AND PATIENCE
BY
L. P. BROCKETT, M.D.,
Author of "History of the Civil War," "Philanthropic Results of the War," "Our GreatCaptains," "Life of Abraham Lincoln," "The Camp, The BattleField, and the Hospital," &c., &c.
AND
MRS. MARY C. VAUGHAN.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION,
By HENRY W. BELLOWS, D.D.,
President U. S. Sanitary Commission.
ILLUSTRATED WITH SIXTEEN STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
ZEIGLER, McCURDY & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.; CHICAGO, ILL.; CINCINNATI, OHIO; ST. LOUIS, MO.
R. H. CURRAN,
48 WINTER STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
1867.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
L. P. BROCKETT,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for theEastern District of New York.
WHOSE PATRIOTIC CONTRIBUTIONS, TOILS AND SACRIFICES, ENABLED THEIRSISTERS, WHOSE HISTORY IS HERE RECORDED, TO MINISTERRELIEF AND CONSOLATION TO OUR WOUNDEDAND SUFFERING HEROES;
AND WHO BY THEIR DEVOTION, THEIR LABORS, AND THEIR PATIENT ENDURANCEOF PRIVATION AND DISTRESS OF BODY AND SPIRIT, WHEN CALLEDTO GIVE UP THEIR BELOVED ONES FOR THE
