Chapter 1

WOMAN'S PATRIOTISM IN THE WAR. PAGE The first gun on Sumter, April 12, 1861--Woman's military genius--Anna Ella Carroll--The Sanitary Movement--Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell--The Hospitals--Dorothea Dix--Services on the battle-field--Clara Barton--The Freedman's Bureau--Josephine Griffing--Ladies' National Covenant--Political campaigns--Anna Dickinson--The Woman's Loyal National League--The Mammoth Petition--Anniversaries--The Thirteenth Amendment 1