lonel of volunteers--She visits
the hospitals and devotes herself to lecturing in behalf of the Aid
movement. 760

BARBARA FRIETCHIE.

Her age--Her patriotism--Whittier's poem. 761-763

MRS. HETTIE M. McEWEN.

Of revolutionary lineage--Her devotion to the Union--Her defiance of
Isham Harris' efforts to have the Union flag lowered on her house--Mrs.
Hooper's poem. 764-766

OTHER DEFENDERS OF THE FLAG.

Mrs. Effie Titlow--Mrs. Alfred Clapp--Mrs. Moore (Parson Brownlow's
daughter)--Miss Alice Taylor--Mrs. Booth--"_Never surrender the flag to
traitors_". 767-769

MILITARY HEROINES.

Those who donned the male attire not entitled to a place in our pages--
Madame Turchin--Her exploits--Bridget Divers--"Michigan Bridget" or
"Irish Biddy"--She recovers her captain's body, and carries it on her
horse for fifteen miles through rebel territory--Returns after the
wounded, but is overtaken by the rebels while bringing them off and
plundered of her ambulance horses--Others soon after provided--
Accompanies a regiment of the regular army to the plains after the
war--Mrs. Kady Brownell--Her skill as a sharp-shooter, and in sword
exercise--Color Bearer in the Fifth Rhode Island Infantry--A skillful
nurse--Her husband wounded--Discharged from the army in 1863. 770-774

THE WOMEN OF GETTYSBURG.

Mrs. Jennie Wade--Her loyalty and courage--Her death during the battle--
Miss Carrie Sheads, Principal of Oak Ridge Seminary--Her preservation of
Colonel Wheelock's sword--Her labors in the care of the wounded--Her
health impaired thereby--Miss Amelia Harmon--Her patriotism and
courage--"Burn the house if you will!" 775-778

LOYAL WOMEN OF THE SOUTH.

Names of loyal Southern Women already mentioned--The loyal women of
Richmond--Their abundant labors for Union prisoners--Loyal women of
Charleston--The Union League--Food and clothing furnished--Loyalty and
heroism of some of the negro women--Loyal women of New Orleans--The
names of some of the most prominent--Loyal women of the mountainous
districts of the south--Their ready aid to our escaping prisoners--Miss
Melvina Stevens--Malignity of some of the Rebel women--Heroism of Loyal
women in East Tennessee, Northern Georgia and Alabama. 779-782

MISS HETTY A