Sisters of the Holy Cross Civil War Nurses 1861-1865
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N 41° 42.459 W 086° 10.333
16T E 568868 N 4617648
Found in a garden at the front entrance of St Joseph Hospital Mishawaka, Indiana.
Waymark Code: WM16691
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2022
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In response to Governor Morton's call of October 1861, eighty Sisters of the Holy Cross under the leadership of Mother Angela served as military nurses. The Sisters became the forerunners of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1862 when they boarded the Red Rover, the Navy's first hospital ship.
County: St. Joseph
Year Placed: 1963
Name: Sisters of the Holy Cross Civil War Nurses 1861-1865
ID#: 71.1965.1
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