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Title: Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Barton, George, 1866-1940
Subjects: Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul North Caroliniana
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., : The Catholic Art Publishing Company
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation

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that had formerly served as a bank in Cairo.Mother Angela came to this place to report for duty toGeneral Grant. She was accompanied by the late Dr.Brlnton, an honored physician of Philadelphia, and Rev.Louis A. Lambert, D. D., LL. D. (1). Dr. Lambert, who was to act in the capacity of chaplain, escorted Mother Angela into Grants presence. Thegreat Captain was seated at a desk behind the iron bars,which had evidently been formerly used by the cashierof the bank. He was writing with the air of a man whowas absorbed in his task and unconscious of his surround- (1). Father L.Miibert is one of the most notable priests in theUnited States. > lis ancestors on his mothers side came over withWilliam Penn «) d eventually settled in Mt. Holly, N. J. FatherLambert had s-^ ne very interesting experiences as an army chaplain.He is a writer of some note and has been a worker in Catholicjournalism for many years. His best known work is probably hisNotes on Ingersoll, which had a tremendous sale.
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LEE, JACKSON AND BEAUREGARD SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS. 271 ings. An ordinary cheap pipe was in his mouth, and everynow and then he mechanically blew forth a cloud of smoke.The characteristics of the man so well-known in later yearswere just as pronounced then. The people all around himwere plainly agitated with the thought of the great warthat was about to rage in all its fury. He sat at his workcalm, silent, and with an imperturbability of countenancethat was sphinx-like. Dr. Brinton, who had been one ofthe first to suggest the Sisters, introduced Mother Angelato Grant. The Greneral came out from behind the irongrating with his feead bare, and, taking Mother Angelashand, gave it a h arty shake. The pipe he had been smok-ing was tempor rily laid aside. There was a moments si-lence, and then Grant, looldng at his visitor with a pleas-ant smUe, said: I am glad to have you with us, very glad.There was a pause for a second, and then he added:If there is anything at all I can do for you I

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