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Emily Parsons (search for this): chapter 21
d autumn of 1863, she served most faithfully, and was considered one of the most efficient and capable nurses in the hospital. At this place she was associated with a band of noble young women, under the supervision of that excellent lady, Miss Emily Parsons, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who came out from her pleasant New England home to be at the head of the nursing department of this hospital, (then in charge of Surgeon Ira Russell, United States Volunteers), and to do her part towards taking care of the sick and wounded men who had perilled their lives for their country. A warm friendship grew up between these noble women, and Miss Parsons never ceased to regard with deep interest, the tall, heroic, determined girl, who never allowed any obstacle to stand between her and any useful service she could render to the defenders of her country. Another incident of her fearless and, undaunted bravery will illustrate her character, and especially the self-sacrificing spirit by which s
Melcenia Elliott (search for this): chapter 21
Melcenia Elliott.Rev. J. G. Forman. Previous pursuits in the hospitals in Tennessee in the summer and autumn of 1862 a remarkablendured all the dangers and privations of hospital life, is Miss Melcenia Elliott, of Iowa. Born in Indiana, and reared in the Northern parts a position, and, seeing this reluctance on the part of others, Miss Elliott promptly offered herself for the place. For several months she sympathy, pleasantry and good will. Late in the fall of 1863, Miss Elliott yielded to the wishes of the Western Sanitary Commission, and behe military posts in our possession further South. For one year Miss Elliott managed the internal affairs of this institution with great effiglected and undone. But out of this material and this confusion Miss Elliott, by her efficiency and force of character, brought a good degreesire for knowledge. At the end of a year of this kind of work Miss Elliott was called to the position of matron of the Soldiers' Orphans' H
Ira Russell (search for this): chapter 21
return to Memphis. Here for many months, during the spring, summer and autumn of 1863, she served most faithfully, and was considered one of the most efficient and capable nurses in the hospital. At this place she was associated with a band of noble young women, under the supervision of that excellent lady, Miss Emily Parsons, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who came out from her pleasant New England home to be at the head of the nursing department of this hospital, (then in charge of Surgeon Ira Russell, United States Volunteers), and to do her part towards taking care of the sick and wounded men who had perilled their lives for their country. A warm friendship grew up between these noble women, and Miss Parsons never ceased to regard with deep interest, the tall, heroic, determined girl, who never allowed any obstacle to stand between her and any useful service she could render to the defenders of her country. Another incident of her fearless and, undaunted bravery will illustr
J. G. Forman (search for this): chapter 21
Melcenia Elliott.Rev. J. G. Forman. Previous pursuits in the hospitals in Tennessee in the summer and autumn of 1862 a remarkably skilful nurse services at Memphis the Iowa soldier she scales the fence to watch over him and minister to his needs, and at his death conveys his body to his friends, overcoming all difficulties to do so in the Benton Barracks Hospital Volunteers to nurse the patients in the erysipelas ward Matron of the Refugee home at St. Louis the poor white trash Matron of soldiers' Orphans' home at Farmington, Iowa Among the heroic and devoted women who have labored for the soldiers of the Union in the late war, and endured all the dangers and privations of hospital life, is Miss Melcenia Elliott, of Iowa. Born in Indiana, and reared in the Northern part of Iowa, she grew to womanhood amid the scenes and associations of country life, with an artless, impulsive and generous nature, superior physical health, and a heart warm with the love of c
1862 AD (search for this): chapter 21
e far more with the soldiers in the field than on the course of study in the college, and as soon as there began to be a demand for female nurses in the hospitals, she was prompt to offer her services and was accepted. The summer and autumn of 1862, found her in the hospitals in Tennessee, ready on all occasions for the most difficult posts of service, ministering at the bed-side of the sick and desponding, cheering them with her warm words of encouragement and sympathy, and her pleasant smi was pleasant to see with what ease and satisfaction she could lift up a sick soldier's head, smooth and arrange his pillow, lift him into an easier position, dress his wounds, and make him feel that somebody cared for him. During the winter of 1862-3, she was a nurse in one of the hospitals at Memphis, and rendered most useful and excellent service. An example of her heroism and fortitude occurred here, that is worthy of being mentioned. In one of the hospitals there was a sick soldier who
1863 AD (search for this): chapter 21
him into an easier position, dress his wounds, and make him feel that somebody cared for him. During the winter of 1862-3, she was a nurse in one of the hospitals at Memphis, and rendered most useful and excellent service. An example of her her hospital at Benton Barracks and did not return to Memphis. Here for many months, during the spring, summer and autumn of 1863, she served most faithfully, and was considered one of the most efficient and capable nurses in the hospital. At this plaill illustrate her character, and especially the self-sacrificing spirit by which she was animated. During the summer of 1863, it became necessary to establish a ward for cases of erysipelas, a disease generating an unhealthy atmosphere and propagao perform some office of kindness, always with words of genuine sympathy, pleasantry and good will. Late in the fall of 1863, Miss Elliott yielded to the wishes of the Western Sanitary Commission, and became matron of the Refugee Home of St. Louis
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