Nuns of the Battlefield
Civil War Nurses Memorial
(Upper Inscription):
They comforted the dying, Nursed the wounded, carried hope to the imprisoned, gave in His name a drink of water to the thirsty.
(Lower Inscription):To the memory and in honor of
The Various Orders of Sisters
who gave their services as nurses on battlefields
and in hospitals during the Civil War.
(Rear Inscription):
Erected by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians of America, A.D. 1924
by authorities of the Congress of the United States.
Marker is at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue NW and M Street, NW, on the right when traveling east on Rhode Island Avenue NW.
Courtesy hmdb.org
