Sr.  Betty Ann McNeil’s discovery of 500 pages of handwritten memoirs by Daughters of Charity as nurses in US Civil War led her into a multi-year project to transcribe, annotate, index, and publish Balm of Hope: Charity Afire Impels Daughters of Charity Civil War Nurses.

This compendium includes:

1. Notes of the Sisters’ Services in Military Hospitals;
2. Civil War Recollections and Accounts; and
3. Correspondence.

The texts invite readers to listen to courageous women reminisce in their own words about nursing amid the ravages of war.

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Available from DePaul University Vincentian Studies Institute Collection at the Seton Heritage Shop of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, 339 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727 USA