"Battlefield Angels: The Daughters of Charity Work as Civil War Nurses," a new book by James Rada, Jr. tells the story of the Catholic sisters work for both the Union and Confederate governments as nurses and administrators on the battlefields, in hospitals and on troop transports to save the lives and souls of the soldiers wounded in the fighting.
When the Civil War broke out, the Union and the Confederacy were prepared to fight, but they weren't prepared to care for their battle wounded. While ...