Angels of the Battlefield (Volume 2); A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1897. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... the discharge of his duty among the immigrants that Dr. Bayley contracted the illness which carried him to his grave within a week's time. Mrs. Seton had scarcely recovered from the shock of her father's death when her husband's health, which had never been robust, began to decline rapidly. A sea voyage and a sojourn in Italy were recommended. Mrs. Seton could not permit her husband to travel alone in his weak and exhausted state, and she accompanied him, along with her oldest child, a girl of eight. The other children were committed to the care of relatives in New York city. The child caught the whooping cough on the way over, and the anxious mother was constantly occupied in nursing the husband and daughter. Before lauding the unfortunate trio were detained for many days at the lazaretto station in the harbor of Leghorn. After they landed the good wife was untiring in her attentions to her husband, but,in spite of her love and solicitude, he died on the 27th of December "among strangers and in a foreign land." On the following 8th of April, with her tears still fresh upon the grave of her devoted husband, Mrs. Seton sailed forbome. Prior to this voyage and during the fiftysix days that it occupied, Mrs. Seton began to take a deep interest in the doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church. She eagerly devoured all of the literature upon the subject that opportunity offered, and also learned much by frequent conversations with friends. Deep meditation finally strengthened her in the desire to become a Catholic. Her only fear was that a change in her religious faith might bring about a coldness and a severance of the friendship tluit existed between herself and her friends and relatives--particularly her pastor--Rev. J. H. Hobart, a man of singular t...

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