Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-05-29

Philadelphia, where upwards of $4,000
ed. Both of these sisters were
Sisters of Charity. Another was
Mother Angela, of the Holy
Cross order, who gave up a
fiourishing academy at South Bend,
Indiana, to devote herself to the care
of the soldiers. Mother Angela was a
cousin of James G. Blaine, and she al
ways maintained great admiration for
that great statesman. Gen. Grant al
ways spoke of her as a remarkable
woman. She and Gen. Grant had their
first meeting at Cairo, Illinois, where
Grant had his headquarters in an old
bank building. Mother Angela went
there to report for duty. Grant was
sitting behind two iron bars, writing
busily and as busily smoking. Az
soon as hewas notified of the presence
of Mother Angela, he laid aside his ci-
| gar came forward bareheaded. apollo
| gized for the tobacco smoke, and said:
Il fully appreciate the value of your
services, and will do everything 1 can
| for you. will give orders that you do
not want for anything" And he did.
| Whatever Mother Angela called for
was always promptly forthcoming.
One story concerning President Lin.
coin is told in the book, in which is
narrated the visit of the president to
Stanton hospital. in Washington City
None of the sisters had ever seen
the president, but when a tall, angu.
lar man, with a suspicion of a stooE
about the shoulders, slowly sauntered
up the path leading to the hospital,
the sisters intuitively knew that ii
was President Lincoln. The homely
wrinllled face, with its care-worn ap.
pearance, and the potent, almost pa
thetic eyes, appealed at once to the
tender sensibilities of the sisters.
They knew little and cared less about
the merits of either the northern or
southern side of the bloody contro.
versy, but they had keen apprecia.
tion of human suffering and human
sympathy, and their hearts went forth
to this plain man, who so uncomplain.
ingly carried the woes of the nation
upon his shoulders.
"The president went from cot TO cot,
shaking hands with the poor patients,
addressing some of them with the jocu.
lar manner which he frequently en-
ployed to conceal the anguish caused
by seeing so much suffering. He re
mained at the hospital for some time
and with the trained eyes of a man of
affairs he observed the cleanliness OF
the place, and did not fail to notice
all the sisters were doing for the re-
lief and comfort of the patients. When
he departed he shook hands with each
of the sisters, and congratulated them
upon the good work they were doing
There are stories concerning what
the sisters did for generals, and also
what they did for private soldiers in
extreme cases. There are stories, also
of what they did for the sufferers or
southern fields, on the other side
where poverty caused greater priva
ton and suffering, because facilities
were lacking. The veteran who lee
the writer to this volume sat near by
as page after page was deyoured b,
an interested reader and he tinall.
said:
"The old soldiers are dying off rap
= idIv, and yet you will find in ever,
/. I county, probably every town, at leas
y. one soldier of those awful days, an,
o he will tell you that they were in
deed angels of the battlefield, an,
o that they deserve monuments OF
: Fame's eternal camping ground along
h side of the statues OF those who wol
a renown in battle. l venture the as
- sertion that not a veteran can b
J. found, of any army, who will no
v promptly take off his hat in defer
ence to the memory of the brave an
tender nurses of the sisterhoods as we
: as to all of those noble women VIII
, went forth to privation and sutferin
g for humanitys sake"
Il And who will gainsay the old gri7
4 zled veterans declaration of love 70
II the angels of the battlefield?
r. SMITH d. FRY.