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Angels of the Battlefield

George Barton (1866 - 1940)

"Angels of the Battlefield: A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War" chronicles the compassionate services of these dedicated women during the bitter and bloody U.S. Civil War. These accounts also offer some important historical details, giving some important insights into the people and events of the war. This is the Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): War & Military, Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Author's Preface	Larry Wilson	00:06:30
Play 01	The Orders That Participated	Larry Wilson	00:06:08
Play 02	Archbishop Hughs and the Sisters	John	00:13:26
Play 03	In and around Richmond	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:11:23
Play 04	Harper's Ferry	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:14:57
Play 05	St. Louis Military Hospital, Part 1	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:13:18
Play 06	St. Louis Military Hospital, Part 2	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:14:58
Play 07	In and around Washington	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:13:48
Play 08	Sister Anthony at Shiloh, Part 1	Kristine Bekere	00:16:28
Play 09	Sister Anthony at Shiloh, Part 2	Kristine Bekere	00:14:06
Play 10	Plymouth and Norfolk	Indu Nair	00:12:20
Play 11	Labors in Frecerick City	Indu Nair	00:16:48
Play 12	White House	Indu Nair	00:15:57
Play 13	Manassas and Antiem	Michael Fassio	00:15:57
Play 14	New Orleans	Kathleen Moore	00:10:46
Play 15	Southern Battlefields	Kathleen Moore	00:11:33
Play 16	Gettysburg	Kathleen Moore	00:21:41
Play 17	Satterlee Hospital, Part 1	Beau Wood	00:19:58
Play 18	Satterlee Hospital, Part 2	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:14:48
Play 19	Satterlee Hospital, Part 3	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:13:29
Play 20	Satterlee Hospital, Part 4	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:15:40
Play 21	The Fall of Richmond	Rita Boutros	00:17:11
Play 22	Sisters of Charity of Nazareth	Rita Boutros	00:18:38
Play 23	More about Nazareth	Rita Boutros	00:19:24
Play 24	Sisters of Mt. St. Vincent	Rita Boutros	00:17:20
Play 25	The Sisters of Mercy	Rita Boutros	00:21:05
Play 26	The North Carolina Hospitals	Rita Boutros	00:20:01
Play 27	Labors in the West, Part 1	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:10:12
Play 28	Labors in the West, Part 2	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:13:02
Play 29	The Stanton Hospital	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:18:39
Play 30	Sisters of St. Joseph	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:15:05
Play 31	Sisters of the Holy Cross	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:27:08
Play 32	Mother Angela, Part 1	Rita Boutros	00:14:57
Play 33	Mother Angela, Part 2	Rita Boutros	00:14:19
Play 34	Non-Catholic Tributes, Part 1	Rita Boutros	00:34:22
Play 35	Non-Catholic Tributes, Part 2	Paul Thomas	00:17:33
Play 36	A Lesson in Charity	Paul Thomas	00:15:50
Play 37	Appendix Part 1 An Innocent Victim	Chuck Williamson	00:01:28
Play 38	Appendix Part 2 Medals for Sisters	Nemo	00:01:46
Play 39	Appendix Part 3 Honored by the Queen	Nemo	00:03:30
Play 40	Appendix Part 4 Veterans of the Crimean War	Nemo	00:01:56
Play 41	Appendix Part 5 Poor Sister St. Claire	Nemo	00:07:29
Play 42	Appendix Part 6 Lord Napier's Testimony	Chuck Williamson	00:13:49
Play 43	Appendix Part 7 Very Rev. James Francis Burlando, C.M.	Kristine Bekere	00:09:26
Play 44	Appendix Part 8 Mother Seton	John	00:12:15
Play 45	Appendix Part 9 The Sister of Charity	Larry Wilson	00:04:58
Play 46	Appendix Part 10 Sisters of Charity	Kristine Bekere	00:11:29
Play 47	Appendix Part 11 The Angels of Buena Vista	Larry Wilson	00:06:12
Play 48	Appendix Part 12 Catherine Elizabeth McAuley	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:07:27
Play 49	Appendix Part 13 Clerical Veterans	Kristine Bekere	00:06:30
Play 50	Appendix Part 14 Catholics in the War	John	00:14:55
Play 51	Appendix Part 15 The Sanitary Commission	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:08:19
Play 52	Appendix Part 16 The Blue and the Gray	Larry Wilson	00:02:27
Play 53	Appendix Part 17 A Miracle of War	Larry Wilson	00:04:47
Play 54	Appendix Part 18 Lincoln at Gettysburg	shelleturner	00:03:11
Play 55	Appendix Part 19 The Faith and the Flag	realisticspeakers	00:16:55
Play 56	Appendix Part 20 A Romance of War	realisticspeakers	00:11:29
Play 57	Publisher's Notice, Part 1	realisticspeakers	00:13:02
Play 58	Publisher's Notice, Part 2	realisticspeakers	00:12:47
Play 59	Publisher's Notice, Part 3	Larry Wilson	00:11:05

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