Abstract
Betty Ann McNeil, D.C., ed., Balm of Hope: Charity Afire Impels Daughters of Charity Civil War Nurses, Mary Denis Maher, C.S.A., Foreword; Janet Leigh Bucklew, Introduction (Chicago: DePaul University Vincentian Studies Institute, 2015), 558 pp., annotated, 50 historic images, 6 maps and tables, appendix, glossary, and index. Paperback.
Sister McNeil’s discovery of 500 pages of handwritten memoirs by Daughters of Charity Civil War nurses led her into a multi-year project to transcribe, annotate, index, and publish Balm of Hope: Charity Afire Impels Daughters of Charity Civil War Nurses. This compendium includes: 1. Notes of the Sisters' Services in Military Hospitals; 2. Civil War Recollections and Accounts; and 3. Correspondence. The texts invite readers to listen to courageous women reminisce in their own words about nursing amid the ravages of war.
Available from DePaul University Vincentian Studies Institute Collection at the Seton Heritage Shop of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, 339 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727 USA.
Keywords
- US Civil War,
- sister nurses,
- Sisters of Charity,
- nursing,
- Catholic sisters,
- healing,
- injured,
- sick,
- corpse
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall October 22, 2015
Editor
Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.
Publisher
DePaul University Vincentian Studies institute
ISBN
978-1-936696-08-6
Citation Information
Betty Ann McNeil. Balm of Hope—Charity Afire Impels Daughters of Charity to Civil War Nursing. A Compendium. The Civil War Records of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Province of the United States. 1stChicagoVol. 1 (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bettyann-mcneil/1/