October 12, 1897. ELEANOR C. DONNELLY.
Sister Gonzaga had a countenance of great benignity and firmness. A high forehead, a kindly mouth and eyes which even age was not able to dim. She was ever a model of graciousness and good breeding. The effects of a good education were visible, and the results of a well-balanced and well-trained mind seen in a remarkably accurate and strong memory. The story of her life is well worth the telling, serving as it does as a model and incentive for those who would be successful in their chosen vocation.
This chapter upon Sister Gonzaga cannot be concluded better than by the presentation of the roster of Sisters of the Satterlee Hospital[14]. On the 9th of June, 1862, it was as follows:
| 1. | Sister Mary Gonzaga Grace, Superioress. |
| 2. | Sister Mary Louis. |
| 3. | Sister Louise Collins. |
| 4. | Sister Ann Joseph Dougherty. |
| 5. | Sister Josephine Keleher. |
| 6. | Sister Ann Marie Boniface. |
| 7. | Sister Clare McGerald. |
| 8. | Sister Mary Cremen. |
| 9. | Sister Augustine Valentine. |
| 10. | Sister Dolores Smith. |
| 11. | Sister Mary Xavier Lucet. |
| 12. | Sister Angela Mahony. |
| 13. | Sister Maria Noonan. |
| 14. | Sister Catharine Harty. |
| 15. | Sister Edna Heney. |
| 16. | Sister Margaret Hepp. |
| 17. | Sister Phillippa Connelly. |
| 18. | Sister Delphine Wivelle. |
| 19. | Sister Neri Matthews. |
| 20. | Sister Onesime. |
| 21. | Sister Teresa McKenna. |
| 22. | Sister Aloysia Daley. |
| 23. | Sister Stella Moran. |
| 24. | Sister Elizabeth Freze. |
| 25. | Sister Adeline Byrnes. |
| 26. | Sister Eleanora Tyler. |
| 27. | Sister Vincent Saunders. |
| 28. | Sister Mary Joseph Sinnott. |
| 29. | Sister Magdalen Groell. |
| 30. | Sister Cletilda Welty. |
| 31. | Sister Pacifica Ulrich. |
| 32. | Sister Alphonsa McNichols. |
| 33. | Sister Annie O’Leary. |
| 34. | Sister Mary Laurence Kane. |
| 35. | Sister Felix McQuaid. |
| 36. | Sister Mary Bernard Moore. |
| 37. | Sister Henrietta. |
| 38. | Sister Alix Merceret. |
| 39. | Sister Martha Moran. |
| 40. | Sister Mary Jane Douglass. |
| 41. | Sister Mary Alice Delahunty. |
| 42. | Sister Vincentia Waltzing. |
| 43. | Sister Martina Tragesser. |
| 44. | Sister Marie Mulkern. |
| 45. | Sister Julia Fitzgerald. |
| 46. | Sister Loretta McGee. |
| 47. | Sister Angeline Reilly. |
| 48. | Sister Gabriella McCarthy. |
| 49. | Sister Petronilla Breen. |
| 50. | Sister Amie Dougherty. |
| 51. | Sister Marcella Finnigan. |
| 52. | Sister Frances Griffin. |
| 53. | Sister Mary Josephine Gamel. |
| 54. | Sister De Chantal Costello. |
| 55. | Sister Mary Eliza Dougherty. |
| 56. | Sister Dionysia O’Keefe. |
| 57. | Sister Cecelia Groell. |
| 1863. | |
|---|---|
| 58. | Sister Euphrasia Mattingly. |
| 59. | Sister Mary Martha Lynch. |
| 60. | Sister Mary Harmer. |
| 61. | Sister Mary Bernard Farrell. |
| 62. | Sister Ann Teresa Roche. |
| 63. | Sister Amelia Davis. |
| 64. | Sister Severina Relihan. |
| 65. | Sister Rosalie Benligny. |
| 66. | Sister Irene McCourt. |
| 67. | Sister Clementine McCaffery. |
| 68. | Sister Felicita Puls. |
| 69. | Sister Cornelia McDonnell. |
| 70. | Sister Agnes Weaver. |
| 71. | Sister Euphrasia Wittenanes. |
| 72. | Sister Ann Maria Shaughonessy. |
| 73. | Sister Generosa Foley. |
| 74. | Sister Julia Sheehan. |
| 1864. | |
| 75. | Sister Genevieve Kavenaugh. |
| 76. | Sister Celestine Adelsberger. |
| 77. | Sister Bernardine Farrell. |
| 78. | Sister Josephine Edelen. |
| 79. | Sister Antonia Asmuth. |
| 80. | Sister Alphonsa McBride. |
| 81. | Sister Catharine McQuaid. |
| 82. | Sister Clara Doyle. |
| 83. | Sister Eloise Lacroix. |
| 84. | Sister Ann Joseph Cummin. |
| 85. | Sister Francis McDonald. |
| 86. | Sister Mary Xavier Vendrome. |
| 1865. | |
| 87. | Sister Genevieve Garvey. |
| 88. | Sister Agnes McDermott. |
| 89. | Sister Sylveria O’Neill. |
CHAPTER XVI.
THE FALL OF RICHMOND.
Preparing for the close of the war. Sisters of Charity in the West enlisted in the military prison at Alton. Smallpox cases removed to an island in the Mississippi. Leaders of the Southern Confederacy realize that their cause is lost. Scenes of wild excitement in Richmond. Blessings for the Sisters.
General Grant, who had been laying siege to Vicksburg, had captured that stronghold on the Fourth of July, 1863. Then came the surrender of Fort Hudson and the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.
Grant in 1864 was made Lieutenant-General and placed in command of all the armies of the United States. Early in May he led the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan toward Richmond. For six weeks he tried to get between Lee’s army and Richmond without success. In this fruitless effort he fought the battles of the Wilderness, North Anna, Bethesda Church and Gold Harbor, losing 40,000 men. Then he moved his whole army south of the James and laid siege to Petersburg.
The burning of Chambersburg by the Confederates and the valor of General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, with Admiral Farragut’s achievements at sea, completed the notable events of 1864.