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/ MRS. CORDELIA A. P. HARVEY. 1015
He was witii his regimeut during all the hard Hghtiug of the 30th, and morning of th^e ilst, and wherever he was, his presence gave courage to our men; no more daring officer was iu tlae army.
Grant County is rearing a monument in memory of the gallant men AA'ho Avent to the battle-field from her districts, and Avell do they deserve such a tribute.
MRS. CORDELIA A. P. HARVEY.
A military history of our State would be incomplete Avithout some account of the philanthropic efforts made by this estimable lady, for the alleviation of the sufferings of our sick and wounded soldiers, languishing in Southern hospitals.
Prompted by the impulse Avhich induced her noble hearted husband to give his personal attention to the Avants of our suffer¬ ing soldiers after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and in the execu¬ tion of which duty he lost his life, Mrs. Harvey determined to devote her time and efforts to a continuation of the Avork Avhich Governor Harvey had begun.
Early in September, 1862, Governor Salomon authorized Mrs. Harvey to act as one of the Sanitary Agents of the State, to visit the several miHtaiy hospitals, and look after and care for the sick and Avounded soldiers of Wisconsiu. She arrived at St. Louis, on the 26th of September, and immediately called on the United States Medical Director, Dr. Mills, stated the object of her visit to St. Louis, and Avas well received and treated with all courtesy aud kindness. She visited the Fifth Street and Benton Barracks hospitals, aud found about tAventy Wisconsin men, Avho Avere all glad to find they were remembered by the authorities at home.
Her attention was called to the condition of the First CaA^aliy at Cape Girardeau, to Avhich place she proceeded and found the regiment very much reduced by sickness, and but just returned from Helena, after the insane raid made by their Colouel through Arkansas. She also found the hospitals very much croAvded and means very inadequate for supplying those needing it, AAdth aid.
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| Title | Biographical Sketches, chapter 56 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Source Title | Biographical Sketches, chapter 56 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Author/Creator | Quiner, E. B. (Edwin Bentley), d. 1868. |
| Description | This is an excerpt from E.B. Quiner's thousand-page volume, The Military History of Wisconsin: a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the union, with a history of the campaigns in which Wisconsin soldiers have been conspicuous, regimental histories, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the Legislature and state officers, etc. (Chicago: Clarke & co., 1866). Because the entire work is so unwieldy and most users want to consult only a single chapter, we have divided it into smaller portions covering discrete topics. The entire work is online at Google Books and the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) in the most popular ereader formats. |
| Subcollection | Histories |
| Source Type | history |
| Place of Publication | Chicago |
| Source Creation Date | 1866 |
| Source Publisher | Clarke & Co. |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0000zx |
Description
| Title | 1015 |
| Source Title | Biographical Sketches, chapter 56 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| People | Harvey, Cordelia A.P. |
| Source Type | history |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | / MRS. CORDELIA A. P. HARVEY. 1015 He was witii his regimeut during all the hard Hghtiug of the 30th, and morning of th^e ilst, and wherever he was, his presence gave courage to our men; no more daring officer was iu tlae army. Grant County is rearing a monument in memory of the gallant men AA'ho Avent to the battle-field from her districts, and Avell do they deserve such a tribute. MRS. CORDELIA A. P. HARVEY. A military history of our State would be incomplete Avithout some account of the philanthropic efforts made by this estimable lady, for the alleviation of the sufferings of our sick and wounded soldiers, languishing in Southern hospitals. Prompted by the impulse Avhich induced her noble hearted husband to give his personal attention to the Avants of our suffer¬ ing soldiers after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and in the execu¬ tion of which duty he lost his life, Mrs. Harvey determined to devote her time and efforts to a continuation of the Avork Avhich Governor Harvey had begun. Early in September, 1862, Governor Salomon authorized Mrs. Harvey to act as one of the Sanitary Agents of the State, to visit the several miHtaiy hospitals, and look after and care for the sick and Avounded soldiers of Wisconsiu. She arrived at St. Louis, on the 26th of September, and immediately called on the United States Medical Director, Dr. Mills, stated the object of her visit to St. Louis, and Avas well received and treated with all courtesy aud kindness. She visited the Fifth Street and Benton Barracks hospitals, aud found about tAventy Wisconsin men, Avho Avere all glad to find they were remembered by the authorities at home. Her attention was called to the condition of the First CaA^aliy at Cape Girardeau, to Avhich place she proceeded and found the regiment very much reduced by sickness, and but just returned from Helena, after the insane raid made by their Colouel through Arkansas. She also found the hospitals very much croAvded and means very inadequate for supplying those needing it, AAdth aid. |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT1040 |