Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-22
Woman and the War.


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When s0rrow reuds the heart, when feyerish pain
wriDgs the hot drops Of anguish from the brow,
To soothe the soul, TO cool the burning brain,
On who so welcome and SO prompt as thOu2"
No State in the Southern Confederacy has
contributed more, few have contributed hall
so much, of comforts and Of necessaries
to the soldier in the field as our own noble
and patriotic Tennessee, prominently now,
as she has ever been, the Volunteer State OF
the South She loved the old Union OF our
fathers with true and ineorruptible loyalty;
she loved the hag-the now desecrated stars
and stripes-whieh then fOated upon every
sea the emblem of great nationality ana
she reluctantly gave up both The one ana IN
other She did not give them up so long As
there remained TO her reasonable nope tna'
they would not fall wholly into the hands OF
desuicable faction. She may have chung
to them too long. perhaps. That Is oil the
mast. however. and is among the dead of the
Past which the dead Past shall bury. When
her last hope had expired, and it was left TO
Tennessee but to decide whether she would
adhere to the Union still or share the destiny,
through veal and wo. of her sister States OF
the South, she decided the great question IN
an hour, and from that moment she has been
heart aud soul in the struggle for southern
rights and independence, far outstHpplng
in the work many of the States which gal
IantIy led the van in the march o: secession
The wsr-cry was sounded, and ere its first
aho fbOU-
sand of her heroic sons seized their arms and
rushed into the field. And now, wherever
Hessian bayonet CLEANS upon our border,
there the sons of Tennessee stand ready to
welcome the invader with bloody hands to a
hospitable grave.
But who will say that the part which the
brave. true-hearted daughters of Tennessee
are playing in. the impending struggle for
Southern independence is less noble, or less
worthy OF all praise, than that OF her gallant
sons who have gone forth to bare their manly |
breasts to the iron hail of battle? Who Will
say that the names of her daughters deserve
to be written on page OF history less bright |
than that which shall tell of the high, heroic |
deeds of her sons upon the tented field! VINO |
will saw, that when our independence snail
have been achieved, her daughters Will de-
serve less of the gratitude of posterity for the |
glorious result than her sons?
'.feace hath its trlumphs
. No less renowned than war;
and there are struggles and sacrifices to be |
met and endured by woman in times like |
these that are as difficult to bear as are those
encountered by the soldier; and though Fame
does not herald her suff.rings and her sacri-
fees to the world. she deserves none the less
the gratitude of her country.
The women of Tennessee, COB bless them!
are the truest patriots on earth. How lily
would our soldiers in Virginia and Kentucky
have been prepared to encounter the rigors
of the coming winter, despite the best efforts
of the Government, had not the magic of her
industry, inspired by her loyalty, patriotism
and humanity, called into existence the sup
plies necessary to subserve their comfort and
convenience For months her delicate I'm
gers have been ceaseleSsly busy in preparing
warm and subs.ea.i-I sletLinfs for ihnsa -rho
have gone TO repel the invaders of our coun-
try, and still the work goes bravely on, nor
will it flag SO long as there is a soldier in the
field whose wants are unsupplied. In the
sacred work of gathering supplies for the
hospital, also, her efforts have been constant
and efficient. The names of Mrs PORTER,
Mrs. NICHOLSON, Mrs. COOPER, Mrs MARSHALL,
Mrs. FoGG, and host of other noble, self
sacrificing women of Tennessee, will long be
a. IL IF /
volunteers to whose comfort they have min
istered. But there is higher and brighter |
reward for them than even the affectionate
remembrance of those for whom they have
so faithfully labored. Heaven is not unmind-
ful of their deeds, and will bless them here
they will yet do
But not alone in supplying our volunteers
with winter clothing have the women of Ten
nessee manifested their patriotism and hu-
rnauity. By the sick bed of the suffering sol
der, far away from mother, sister, and other
loved ones, they have appeared as angels of
mercy, calling back to life and health and
hope by their tender ministry many daring
spirit whom disease had stricken down at
the post of duty and of danger. Many SOL
der who stands to-day in the front rank Of
his country's defenders would have been
sleeping his last sleep but for the care and
devotion of woman; and they will remember
with devout gratitude the gentle care of an
AFFORD, THOMAS, a HESNING, a CLARK. a
Hunt and others, to which they are so great
" indebted for the alienation OF their suffer- {
ngs. and their escape from death. |
Again, we say, God bless the women of {
Tennessee.