Angels of the Battlefield / A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War

This volume chronicles the efforts of Catholic sisterhoods who nursed the sick and wounded during the Civil War, describing the organization, discipline, and self-sacrifice of several orders and their deployment to hospitals and battlefields. Based on interviews, archival research, official records, and contemporaneous press accounts, the narrative assembles scattered reports into connected chapters that cover administrative correspondence, the orders that participated, individual sisters’ experiences, and major engagements where they served. Illustrations and case sketches accompany impartial reporting of duties performed, logistical challenges, and the humanitarian impulse that guided their wartime service.