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366 Mrs. Mary Fryer Gardner, with Misses Scott, Guffy and Allen, served under Colonel McKnight with the 105th Pennsylvania, during the winter and spring of 1861-1862, at Camp Jameson, Va. There being too many for one hospital to accommodate, a division was made, and Miss Fryer and Miss Allen served together; thus they escaped being quarantined twice with smallpox as Miss Scott and Miss Duffy were. Mrs. Gardner is the widow of a veteran. She is 65 years old and resides in Philadelphia, Pa.

Miss Cornelia Hancock is as well known as any of the army nurses, and her service extended from July 6, 1863, to May 23, 1865. She was a volunteer nurse attached to the Second Army Corps of the Potomac. She was at Gettysburg, and so faithful that the soldiers called her the "Battlefield Angel." She remained in the field hospital until the establishment of Camp Letterman, where she worked for a few weeks. Before she left, the soldiers gave her a silver medal as an expression of their appreciation of her services. She is over 70, but as active as at 40. Her home is in Philadelphia, Pa.

Mrs. Julia A. Hibbard served from September 1, 1861, to April 29, 1864. After the battle of Shiloh she was on a floating hospital, serving afterwards in Memphis, Tenn., and in Paducah, Ky. Mrs. Hibbard resides in Peoria, Ill., and is 78 years of age.

Mrs. Joanna Melton was in the service from 1861 to 1864 as a volunteer nurse. She was at Camp Carrington, Lafayette, Indiana, and at Louisville, Ky. She is 76 years of age and resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mrs. Susan Carrie Mills served under her maiden name, Carrie Robinson, for three months. She went to the front under Dr. Crosby, from Concord, N. H., in May, 1861. Her examination being all right, she was enrolled by Miss Dix, in Washington, D. C, and served for three months at Point of Rocks and Harpers Ferry, Va. Mrs. Mills is 71 years of age and resides in Havenhill, Mass.

Mrs. Fannie O. Jackson, as Miss Oslin, served fifteen months in field hospitals, Department of the Cumberland, at Resaca, Big Shanty, Centerville, Vinings Station and Lookout Mountain. She was a regular nurse. She is 76 years of age and lives in Olathe, Kansas.

Mrs. Lydia S. Johnson served from September, 1862, to July, 1865, and was through the epidemic of smallpox from 1863 to 1865. Was in Georgetown, D. C.; Alexandria, Chesapeake and Old Point Comfort, Va. She is 81 years old and lives in Lyndonville, N. Y.

Mrs. Lucy L. Kaiser, as Miss Campbell, served three years in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and on hospital steamers. She is 85 and lives in Leland, Michigan.