Nuns of the Battlefield

<i>(Upper Inscription):</i><br>They comforted the dying, Nursed the wounded, carried hope to the imprisoned, gave in His name a drink of water to the thirsty.<br><br><i>(Lower Inscription):</i><center>To the memory and in honor of<br>The Various Orders of Sisters<br>who gave their services as nurses on battlefields<br>and in hospitals during the Civil War.</center><br><i>(Rear Inscription):</i><br>Erected by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians of America, A.D. 1924<br>by authorities of the Congress of the United States.