The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-30
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4 AsSs 1sfsSyN1ssssns.
The following - Wsildessvpa tuihatI
to the invaluable services Il ons * ths
most self;sacri6ctng hsroias q ~ ~
sent war. The subject Of this Sfses6 {
daughter OF Thomas 7. Haneock. Eso.
of the town Of Hancock, 6aiel1 oouutS
New Jersey, sud sissss u Wililam Has
cock, E.q, member Il the LeRialstnrl
from the same county. Miss H aDsock Il
deserving Of the need q praise extend
ed. ss'F'ss
While intent only upon following bel
convictions Of dasy. abe seems scarcely
awars that sho is achieving > reputation
which will inseparsbly connect bar 1ama
with the happ.est pages Of the history oil
this gigantic struggle. Tho article iifoi
appeared In an Albany papers aud i hav.
ing large circulation throuRh the press.
Miss Cornelia Hancock Was the an,
lady who. arrived ~ fredericksburg to aid
, in the care OF the woasded.. AZ one 81
the many interesting spisodss Of the war
it has seemed thst her good deeds shoall
not go unheralded. She waa also anoor
the very 6rst 10 arrive a. Gettysburg after
the fearful struggle, and for days and
weeks ministered increasingly to the suf.
fering. During the pat 1Intsy shs r..
manned u0csasiugly With lhs amy in
winter quarters, connecting herself Nth
the second division Of the second corps.
So attached we're che soldiers, and 40
grateful for her ministFstions in sieknass
that they built house for her, in which
she remained until the general order for
all to leave was given
When the next news Of Grant battles
reached the North, Miss Hancock left
Philadelphia 1t once for w Washington.
Several applications were made by mem
bers of Congress at the War Department
for her to go to the wounded. Il was
each time declined. IS being uhfeasible
and improper. ~.
With a woman tact she made applics.
tion to 60 with one Of the surgeons then
arriving, as an assistant, IS each surgeon
was eutriled to one. The plan succeeded
aad / well remember the mental eiacula.
tion made when saw her at such ! time
on the boat. l lost sight Of her as Belle
Plain, and bad almost forgotten the cir
cumstance, when, shortly before our ar
rival at Fredericksburg, she passed in an
ambulance. On being assigned to hos
pital ct the second corps, l found she had
preceded me, and was earnestly at work.
1t was no fictitious effort, but she had al.
ready prepared soup and fsrina, aud was
dispensing it to the crowds Of poor fellows
lying thickly about.
All day she worked, paying little atsen-
ton to Others, only assiduous ia her
shpere. When, the next morning, open
ed new hospital at the Methodist
church, / invited her to accompany me.
She did 30, and it success and ameliora
ton of suffering attended the effort, it
was in DO small degree owing to her in
fa,igable lAbors. Within an hour from
the ,ime, one hundred and twenty. had
been placed in the building. she had seen
that good beef soup had been administer
ed TO each, and during the period / vas
there, no deiieacy or nutriment attainable
was wanting to the men.
Were any dying. she sat by TO soothc
their last moments, to receive tho DYING
message to friends al home, and when il
was over, to convey by letter the sad in
telligence. Let ne rise ever sof early,
she had already preceded me at work, and
during the many long hours during the
day, she never seemed.to weary or, Gag;
In the evening. when ali 10 her own hos.
piial had been fully cared for, she would
60 about the town with delicacies to ad-
minister to officers who we're 60 situated
they conld not procure them. At night
she sought garrett (and it was literally
one) for her rest.
One can but feebly portray the minis
sations Of such person. She belonged
to no ssseeation-had no compensation.
She commanded respect, for she vas lady
like aud well educated; 20 quiet aud IN
demonstrativo that her presence wss
hardly noticed. except hy the smilioe
faces Of the wounded Is she passed.
While she supervised the cooking ofths
meats, and soups and coffee, I'll nice
things we're made and distributed By her
self. :, How the men watchod for the des-
sert Of farina and condsnssd milk. and
those more severely wounded for the
'draughts of milk punch
Often would she make visits to the or.
ces of the Sanitary and Christian Com
missions, and when delecacies arrived her
men were among the 6rst 70 taste them.
Oranges, lemons, pickles, soft bread and
butter, and even apple sauce, were one or
the other daily distributed.
Such unweared attention Is the more
appreciated, when one sees ths numher Of
females who subsequently arrived and the
desultoty and ftful labor performed.
Passing from one hospital to mother.
and bestowipg. general sympstby, with
small works, Is not what wounded men
want. Il VAS very soon perceptible how
the men 10 the hospital sppsee;assd the
solid worth Of the one, and The tinsel Of
the other. ~ IL
This imperfect recognition i but I
slight testimonial u the lady like .dsport-,
rnent and heuntiring iabors ii, bsbsH Il
the sick and woanded soldiers Of Min,
Hancock.
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