THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
3. Met and furnished relief at “Old Infirmary,” where Judiciary Square Hospital now stands; first day and next day at Capitol, in Senate Chamber (Senate not in session) to wounded soldiers of the 6th Mass. Volunteers in Washington, on arrival from the Baltimore attack by mob, April 19, 1861. First Civil War Field.
4. Met and furnished relief to sick and wounded soldiers, brought from the front on trains and boats to Washington, D. C., May 1, 1861 to July, 1862.
Afterwards she was on the following fields of battle and relief:
5. James Island, battlefield, July 7, 1862.
6. Cedar Mountain, battlefield, August 9, 1862, 3,700 killed and wounded.
7. Second Bull Run, battlefield, August 30 to September 1, 1862. Found seven of her old pupils, Massachusetts schools, in this field and each had lost an arm or leg.
8. Chantilly, battlefield, August 31 to September 1, 1862.
9. Point of Rocks, Md., battlefield, September 4, 1862.
10. Point of Rocks, Md., battlefield, September, 1862.
11. Antietam, battlefield, September 16 and 17, 1862.
12. Falmouth battlefield, December 11 and 12, 1862.
13. Fredericksburg, battlefield, December 12 and 13, 1862. 18,000 killed and wounded.
14. Folly Island, battlefield, April 10, 1863.
15. Morris Island, battlefield, July 10 to September 7, 1863.
16. Fort Wagner, battlefield, September 7, 1863.
17. Charleston, S. C., battlefield, September 8, 1863.
18. The Wilderness, battlefield, May 6–7, 1864.
19. Spotsylvania, battlefield, May 8 to 21, 1864.
20. Petersburg, battlefield, June 15 to 18, 1864.
21. Petersburg Mine, battlefield, July 30 to August 5, 1864.
22. Deep Bottom, battlefield, August and September, 1864.
23. Richmond Campaign, battlefield, January 1 to April 3, 1865.
24. Annapolis Hospital, 1865, met starving, sick and wounded returning Federal prisoners and furnished relief.
Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, the chairman of the ceremonies, with
the first shovel of dirt.
(The Chairman of the National Advisory Board, National First Aid Association
of America)