-Following Sherman's army
from Chattanooga to Atlanta--"This seems like having mother about"--
Constant labors--The distribution of supplies to the soldiers of
Sherman's army near Washington--A patriotic family. 161-171

MRS. MARY A. BICKERDYKE.

Previous history of Mrs. Bickerdyke--Her regard for the private
soldiers--"Mother Bickerdyke and her boys"--Her work at Savannah after
the battle of Shiloh--What she accomplished at Perryville--The Gayoso
Hospital at Memphis--Colored nurses and attendants--A model hospital--
The delinquent assistant-surgeon--Mrs. Bickerdyke's philippic--She
procures his dismissal--His interview with General Sherman--"She ranks
me"--The commanding generals appreciate her--Convalescent soldiers
_vs._ colored nurses--The Medical Director's order--Mrs. Bickerdyke's
triumph--A dairy and hennery for the hospitals--Two hundred cows and a
thousand hens--Her first visit to the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce--"Go
over to Canada--This country has no place for such creatures"--At
Vicksburg--In field hospitals--The dresses riddled with sparks--The box
of clothing for herself--Trading for butter and eggs for the soldiers--
The two lace-trimmed night-dresses--A new style of hospital clothing
for wounded soldiers--A second visit to Milwaukee--Mrs. Bickerdyke's
speech--"Set your standard higher yet"--In the Huntsville Hospital--At
Chattanooga at the close of the battle--The only woman on the ground for
four weeks--Cooking under difficulties--Her interview with General
Grant--Complaints of the neglect of the men by some of the surgeons--
"Go around to the hospitals and see for yourself"--Visits Huntsville,
Pulaski, etc.--With Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta--Making dishes
for the sick out of hard tack and the ordinary rations--At Nashville and
Franklin--Through the Carolinas with Sherman--Distribution of supplies
near Washington--"The Freedmen's Home and Refuge" at Chicago. 172-186

MARGARET ELIZABETH BRECKINRIDGE. _By Mrs. J. G. Forman._

Sketch of her personal appearance--Her gentle, tender, winning ways--
The American Florence Nightingale--What if I do die?--The Breckinridge
family--Margaret's childhood and youth--Her emancipation of her slaves--
Working for the soldiers early in the war--Not one of the Home Guards--
Her earnest desire to labor in the hospitals--Hospital service at
Baltimore--At Lexington, Kentucky--Morgan's first raid--Her visit to the
wounded soldiers--"Every one o