Union Aid Society, who wish to administer relief to our sick
and wounded. By order of
J. T. PRICE, _A. D. C._ Maj.-Gen'l HALLECK.
ROOMS WESTERN SANITARY COMMISSION, ST. LOUIS, Oct, 6th, 1862.
MY DEAR MRS. COUZINS: The surgeon-general has notified me
that he may want me to send nurses and surgeons to Columbus
and Corinth. I look to you, my dear madam, as one ever ready
to volunteer when you can be of real service. In case it
should become necessary, may I rely on your valuable
services? Such other names as you may suggest I would be
pleased to have.
Very respectfully,
JAS. E. YEATMAN.
OFFICE OF WESTERN SANITARY COMMISSION, }
SAINT LOUIS, MO., Oct. 8th, 1862. }
Mrs. Couzins has been detailed to service in the hospital
steamer T.L. McGill, as volunteer nurse.
N.B.--If the place of service is changed, a new certificate
will be issued.
JAMES E. YEATMAN, President of Sanitary Commission.
CORINTH, Oct. 13, 1862.
Pass Mrs. Couzins from Corinth to Columbus.
W. S. ROSECRANZ, _Maj.-Gen'l U. S. A._
HEADQUARTERS DEP'T OF THE TENNESSEE, }
BEFORE VICKSBURG, Feb'y 21st, 1863. }
The quartermaster in charge of transportation at Memphis,
Tenn., will furnish transportation on any chartered steamer
plying between Memphis, Tenn., and St. Louis, to Mrs.
Couzins and five other ladies, members of the Western
Sanitary Commission, and who have been with this fleet
distributing sanitary goods for the benefit of sick
soldiers.
U.S. GRANT, _Maj.-Gen. Com_.
Capt. J. B. LEWIS,
_A. Q. M. and Master of Transportation_, Memphis, Tenn.
While Mrs. Couzins thus gave herself to mitigating the sufferings
of the "boys in blue," in camp and hospital, Mrs. Minor was no
less active and energetic in the equally important department of
preserving supplies for the sanitary commission. Although Mrs.
Min
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