s of Mrs. Hallowell--The
Home for Refugees, near Nashville--Gratitude of the Refugees for this
aid--Colonel Taylor's letter. 710-712

OTHER FRIENDS OF THE FREEDMEN AND REFUGEES.

Mrs. Harris' labors--Miss Tyson and Mrs. Beck--Miss Jane Stuart
Woolsey--Mrs. Governor Hawley--Miss Gilson--Mrs. Lucy S. Starr--Mrs.
Clinton B. Fisk--Mrs. H. F. Hoes and Miss Alice F. Royce--Mrs. John S.
Phelps--Mrs. Mary A. Whitaker--Fort Leavenworth--Mrs. Nettie C.
Constant--Miss G. D. Chapman--Miss Sarah E. M. Lovejoy, daughter of Hon.
Owen Lovejoy--Miss Mary E. Sheffield--Her labors at Vicksburg--Her
death--Helena--Mrs. Sarah Coombs--Nashville--Mrs. Mary R. Fogg--St.
Louis Refugee and Freedmen's Home--Mrs. H. M. Weed--The supervision of
this Home by Mrs. Alfred Clapp, Mrs. Joseph Crawshaw, Mrs. Lucien Eaton
and Mrs. N. Stevens. 733-716

PART V. LADIES DISTINGUISHED FOR SERVICES IN SOLDIERS' HOMES, VOLUNTEER
REFRESHMENT SALOONS, ON GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL TRANSPORTS ETC.

MRS. O. E. HOSMER.

Mrs. Hosmer's residence at Chicago--Her two sons enter the army--She
determines to go to the hospitals--Her first experiences in the
hospitals at Tipton and Smithtown--The lack of supplies--Mrs. Hosmer
procures them from the Sanitary Commission at St. Louis--Return to
Chicago--Organization of the "Ladies' War Committee"--Mrs. Hosmer its
Secretary--Efficiency of the organization--The Board of Trade
Regiments--Mrs. Hosmer and Mrs. Smith Tinkham go to Murfreesboro'
with supplies after the battle of Stone River--Their report on their
return--Touching incident--The wounded soldier--Return to Chicago--
Establishment of the Soldiers' Home at Chicago--Mrs. Hosmer its first
Vice President--Her zeal for its interests and devotion to the Soldiers
there--To the battle-field after Chickamauga--Taken prisoner but
recaptured--Supplies lost--Return home--Her labors at the Soldiers'
Home and Soldiers' Rest for the next fifteen months--The Northwestern
Sanitary and Soldiers' Home Fair--Mrs. Hosmer Corresponding Secretary
of the Executive Committee--She visits the hospitals from Cairo to
New Orleans--Success of her Mission--The emaciated prisoners from
Andersonville and Catawba at Vicksburg--Mrs. Hosmer ministers to them--
The loss of the Sultana--Return and further labors at the Soldiers'
Rest--Removal to New York. 719-724

MISS HATTIE WISWALL.