Recently posted a mini-review on the subject book by Sr. Mary Denis Maher, which tells the story of Catholic nuns who served as nurses during the ACW. After a while, it occurred to me that if I paid her a compliment, she should get. So I sent a copy of the post to her. Anyway, here's her reply: - -------------------------- Thanks for the review. There were certainly many Irish and Irish-American sisters nursing in the Civil War. Actually, the reason the monument is in Washington, DC, is because Mary Ellen Ryan Jolly, financial supported by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, felt there should be a monument. In order to have Congress approve, she had to come up with supporting data, names, etc. After the monument was erected in 1924, she put her research in a book Nuns of the Battlefield, which lists after each community the names of the sisters and their country of origin- in some cases, the county from Ireland. Unfortunately, she had no footnotes- as the book was not the original focus- and there are some errors that unfortunately get repeated in many subsequent articles. If you are not familiar with the book, you might be interested from the genealogical standpoint. -------------END OF QOUTE----------------- Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com