Mary A. Livermore. My Story of the War. 1888. Illustrations.

Mary A. Livermore

From Photographs, and from front Original Designs drawn expressly for this Work
by Mr. F.O.C.. Darley and Mr. Wm. L. Sheppard

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PORTRAITS.

1. PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR
From a photograph taken expressly for this work. Engraved on steel in pure line, by Mr. CHARLES SCHLECHT.

WOMEN OF THE WAR. --- FAMOUS NURSES OF UNION SOLDIERS
Engraved from photographs expressly for this work by Mr. S. HOLLYER.

2. MRS. JANE C. HOGE
3. MRS. MARY A. BICKERDYKE ("MOTHER BICKERDYKE")
4. MISS MARY J. SAFFORD.
5. MRS. CORDELIA A. P. HARVEY

FIGURE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Engraved on steel in pure line and stipple, by Mr. JOHN J. CADE.

	1. A WOMAN IN BATTLE.-" MICHIGAN BRIDGET" CARRYING THE FLAG. DESIGNED BY F. O. C. DARLEY. "Sometimes when a soldier fell she took his place, lighting in his stead with unquailing courage- always fearless and daring, always doing good service as a soldier."
	2. THE DYING SOLDIER. ---THE LAST LETTER FROM HOME. DESIGNED BY F. O. C. DARLEY "He drew from an inside pocket a letter inclosing a photograph of a most lovely woman, and feebly whispered, 'My wife.' I spoke to him, but he seemed not to hear, and there was a far-away look in the gaze, as if his vision reached beyond my ken. The wardmaster approached, and laid his finger on the wrist. 'He is dead!' he whispered."
	3. PRAYER-MEETING IN A CONTRABAND CAMP.---WASHINGTON, 1862. DESIGNED BY WM. L. SHEPPARD "Oh, I'm gwine home to glory---won't yer go along will me, Whar de blessed angels beckon, an' de Lor' my Savior be?"
	4. FLEEING FROM THE LAND OF BONDAGE.---ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN 1863. DESIGNED BY F. O. C. DARLEY "Mothers carried their babes on one arm, and led little woolly-headed toddlers by the other. Old men and women, gray, nearly blind, some of them bent almost double, bore on their heads and backs the small 'plunder' they had 'toted' from their homes. They were all going forth, like the Israelites, from the land of bondage to a land they knew not.'"
	5. "OUR BATTERY" AT THE FRONT.---REVEILLE AFTER AN ANXIOUS NIGHT. DESIGNED BY WM. L. SHEPPARD. "They stood ready to aid in an immediate attack for three days and nights."
	6. DEATH OF SERGEANT DYER WHILE SPIKING HIS GUN. DESIGNED BY 'F. O. C. DARLEY "Our boys tried to save their guns, but, finding that impossible, they endeavored to spike them. Sergeant Dyer, whom I have before mentioned as a rare nurse in sickness, was shot through the lungs, and mortally wounded, while in the act of spiking his gun. Of one hundred and ten horses, they took off the field but forty-five."
	7. MIDNIGHT ON THE BATTLE-FIELD. DESIGNED BY F. O. C. DARLEY "It was Mother Bickerdyke, with a lantern, still groping among the dead. Stooping down and turning their cold faces towards her, she scrutinized them searchingly, uneasy lest some might be left to die uncured for. She could not rest while she thought any were overlooked who were yet living."
	8. A REBEL SHELL BURSTING IN A UNION HOSPITAL. DESIGNED BY F. O. C. DARLEY "On the second day of the fight (Corinth), to her horror, her hospital came within range of the enemy's artillery, and the fearful missiles of death fell with fatal precision among her helpless men."

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