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| Keywords: people surreal indoor portrait Sisters Georgeanna and Eliza were two of four sisters of the Woolsey family who volunteered as nurses during the Civil War. Georgeanna volunteered as a nurse through the Women's Central Relief Agency of New York and had one month of training with them before her first assignment at the Georgetown Hospital. She then assisted in setting up a hospital in the Patent Offices in Washington, D.C., a building that now houses the National Portrait Gallery. Eliza ministered to the men serving under her husband, Colonel Joseph Howland of the 16th New York Infantry Regiment, until they began an active campaign. Unable to get permission to follow her husband, Eliza, along with Georgeanna, worked as a nurse in the headquarters of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Hospital Transport Service during the spring of 1862. Georgeanna was then assigned as assistant superintendent of Portsmouth Grove General Hospital in Washington. She lived with Eliza who served in hospitals in the capital until war ended. In the spring of 1863, Georgeanna was assigned to serve in the field, serving at Falmouth, Gettysburg, Belle Plain, Port Royal, Fredericksburg, White House, and City Point, Virginia. In 1863, Georgeanna published a book about her experiences at Gettysburg and in 1899 published the family's letters describing the sisters' experiences as nurses. ______________ U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center at Carlisle Barracks www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/exhibits/CivilWarImagery/Civil... Sisters Georgeanna and Eliza were two of four sisters of the Woolsey family who volunteered as nurses during the Civil War. Georgeanna volunteered as a nurse through the Women's Central Relief Agency of New York and had one month of training with them before her first assignment at the Georgetown Hospital. She then assisted in setting up a hospital in the Patent Offices in Washington, D.C., a building that now houses the National Portrait Gallery. Eliza ministered to the men serving under her husband, Colonel Joseph Howland of the 16th New York Infantry Regiment, until they began an active campaign. Unable to get permission to follow her husband, Eliza, along with Georgeanna, worked as a nurse in the headquarters of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Hospital Transport Service during the spring of 1862. Georgeanna was then assigned as assistant superintendent of Portsmouth Grove General Hospital in Washington. She lived with Eliza who served in hospitals in the capital until war ended. In the spring of 1863, Georgeanna was assigned to serve in the field, serving at Falmouth, Gettysburg, Belle Plain, Port Royal, Fredericksburg, White House, and City Point, Virginia. In 1863, Georgeanna published a book about her experiences at Gettysburg and in 1899 published the family's letters describing the sisters' experiences as nurses. ______________ U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center at Carlisle Barracks www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/exhibits/CivilWarImagery/Civil... | ||||
