Partial Manuscript of Chapters XXIX or XXX: History of the Hospital Directory at Louisville"

This item is a partial manuscript of Chapter XXIX or XXX that was apparently written for, but not used in, "History of the Special Relief Service of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1865," by Frederick N. Knapp, Special Relief Agent.

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In the month of October 1864 a lady came into the Directory with a young girl founteen years of age. whom she had found as Rail waad Depot eneeping that the Cars had left without her. Having no pafe she could not go. The lady herself was too lato for the train and sympathying with the poor girl, went with her office. There she Z have referred to Case wars Hospital Directory as there arms evidence of facts stated toward the she could not give the name of the Regiment of a pape is its at The ascertained, Directory & truthfulned her story was mines costigated, end a paf and transportation to Aashilla has aggested and obtained for her and letters given her commending her to the Care of Sanitary Commision there she had come from minifam This, where she and the with brother, children Cesided with an amb a letter had been Beceived from a wounded brother in hospital in Mashville, that then father of the 174 This, mas in hashville sick past hope of