Angels of the Battlefield
George Barton
60 chapters · 12 h 56 min · English
Read by Larry Wilson, John, Ciufi Galeazzi, Kristine Bekere, Indu Nair, Michael Fassio and others
War & Military · Miscellaneous
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"Angels of the Battlefield: A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War" chronicles the compassionate services of these dedicated women during the bitter and bloody U.S. Civil War. These accounts also offer some important historical details, giving some important insights into the people and events of the war. This is the Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters
1 Author's Preface 6 min 2 The Orders That Participated 6 min 3 Archbishop Hughs and the Sisters 13 min 4 In and around Richmond 11 min 5 Harper's Ferry 15 min 6 St. Louis Military Hospital, Part 1 13 min 7 St. Louis Military Hospital, Part 2 15 min 8 In and around Washington 14 min 9 Sister Anthony at Shiloh, Part 1 16 min 10 Sister Anthony at Shiloh, Part 2 14 min 11 Plymouth and Norfolk 12 min 12 Labors in Frecerick City 17 min 13 White House 16 min 14 Manassas and Antiem 16 min 15 New Orleans 11 min 16 Southern Battlefields 12 min 17 Gettysburg 22 min 18 Satterlee Hospital, Part 1 20 min 19 Satterlee Hospital, Part 2 15 min 20 Satterlee Hospital, Part 3 13 min 21 Satterlee Hospital, Part 4 16 min 22 The Fall of Richmond 17 min 23 Sisters of Charity of Nazareth 19 min 24 More about Nazareth 19 min 25 Sisters of Mt. St. Vincent 17 min 26 The Sisters of Mercy 21 min 27 The North Carolina Hospitals 20 min 28 Labors in the West, Part 1 10 min 29 Labors in the West, Part 2 13 min 30 The Stanton Hospital 19 min 31 Sisters of St. Joseph 15 min 32 Sisters of the Holy Cross 27 min 33 Mother Angela, Part 1 15 min 34 Mother Angela, Part 2 14 min 35 Non-Catholic Tributes, Part 1 34 min 36 Non-Catholic Tributes, Part 2 18 min 37 A Lesson in Charity 16 min 38 Appendix Part 1 An Innocent Victim 1 min 39 Appendix Part 2 Medals for Sisters 2 min 40 Appendix Part 3 Honored by the Queen 4 min 41 Appendix Part 4 Veterans of the Crimean War 2 min 42 Appendix Part 5 Poor Sister St. Claire 7 min 43 Appendix Part 6 Lord Napier's Testimony 14 min 44 Appendix Part 7 Very Rev. James Francis Burlando, C.M 9 min 45 Appendix Part 8 Mother Seton 12 min 46 Appendix Part 9 The Sister of Charity 5 min 47 Appendix Part 10 Sisters of Charity 11 min 48 Appendix Part 11 The Angels of Buena Vista 6 min 49 Appendix Part 12 Catherine Elizabeth McAuley 7 min 50 Appendix Part 13 Clerical Veterans 6 min 51 Appendix Part 14 Catholics in the War 15 min 52 Appendix Part 15 The Sanitary Commission 8 min 53 Appendix Part 16 The Blue and the Gray 2 min 54 Appendix Part 17 A Miracle of War 5 min 55 Appendix Part 18 Lincoln at Gettysburg 3 min 56 Appendix Part 19 The Faith and the Flag 17 min 57 Appendix Part 20 A Romance of War 11 min 58 Publisher's Notice, Part 1 13 min 59 Publisher's Notice, Part 2 13 min 60 Publisher's Notice, Part 3 11 min
