The Sisters of Charity and their Service in the Civil War :: American America History

The Sisters of Charity and their Service in the complaisant War In capital of Nebraskas inaugural address on March 4, 1861, he pronounced that the Union could not be dissolved by an act of secession (Ward 34). On April 12, 1861, the premier(prenominal) shot was fired upon Fort Sumpter, and so began the Civil War in the joined States. On April 9. 1865, Grant and Lee met at the Appomattox Court House, for the surrendering of the quisling Army, and then the Civil War officially ended. In the four old age of conflict between these dates, our nation lost by death and distemper 600,000 men. The task of caring for so many dying, sick and maimed men was an ordeal. Four Orders of Catholic Sisterhoods participated in caring for the wounded and dying. The orders were Sisters of Charity, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of Mercy, and the Sisters of the Holy Cross. The ca-ca of the Religious Catholic Sisters during the Civil War was commendable. When the war began, the Sisters were the only create and trained female nurses. The surgeons liked them because they had been bred to discipline. Even President Lincoln had a high opinion for the tremendous service of the Catholic Sisters during the Civil War. Mother, Elizabeth Ann Seton, was the founder and first Superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. In March, 1850, the American Community of The Sisters of Charity of Saint Josephs of Emmitsburg, MD united with the French Daughters of Charity, co-founded by St. Louise de Marillac and St. Vincent de Paul. The merger and growth of the religious community resulted in the establishment of more providences throughout the United States. Their representation was to serve persons marginalized by poverty, illness, ignorance, disability and injustice. The black caps as they were called by the soldiers, lived out their mission to its fullest during the Civil War. The Civil War separated the American Sisters of Charity geographically because their community had house s in the North and the South. The Sisters in California functioned outside the conflict, still they did contribute personnel and resources. When President Lincoln sent forth an put forward for volunteer nurses, nearly every Sister answered. On June 1, 1861, Brigadier world-wide John F. Rathbone wrote to Bishop John McCloskey to request Sisters of Charity to assist at the war machine hospital in Albany, New York. One Sister went, and after a few days, Rathbone declared The superiority of the Sisters of Charity as nurses is known wheresoever the name Florence Nightingale is repeated .