Monument erected in Washington D. C. to the Memory and in Honor of the "Nuns of the Battlefield" of the Civil War by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies' Auxiliary of America.

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Title

Monument erected in Washington D. C. to the Memory and in Honor of the "Nuns of the Battlefield" of the Civil War by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies' Auxiliary of America.

Subject

Sisterhoods
United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Hospitals
United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Women.

Description

Frontispiece image of the memorial to the Catholic sisters who served as nurses and ran hospitals and charities during the Civil War from Ellen Ryan Jolly's book, Nuns on the Battlefield.

Source

Jolly, Ellen Ryan, Mrs. Nuns of the Battlefield.

Publisher

[Providence: The Providence Visitor Press]

Date

[1927]

Identifier

VSI. 973.775 J75n1927

Original Format

Book

Text

Jolly, Ellen Ryan, Mrs. Nuns of the Battlefield. [Providence, The Providence Visitor Press, c1927].