Over the cannon's roaring,
Thrilled every vein with fire,
And combat's mad desire;
She fought her fight alone,
To the sound of dying groan;
The sob of failing breath,
The reveille of death;
She faced the last of foes,
The worst of mortal woes,
The solitude of dying,
The hearts for kindred crying;
By the soldier's lonely bed
In the midnight dark and dread,
'Mid the wounded and the dead,
With lifeblood pouring red,
The cries of woe and fear,
Rending the watcher's ear,
The hovering wings of death,
Fluttered by dying breath,
There was, her truthful eye,
Her smile's sweet bravery,
Her strong word to impart
Peace to the fainting heart.
Army Nurses of the Civil War, 1861-1865.
Mrs. Mary (Roby) Lacey, president of the National Association of Army Nurses, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and was married to John H. Roby, when only fifteen. Shortly after his marriage he enlisted in the First New Jersey Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and Mrs. Roby took care of him at the United States General Hospital in Philadelphia. The most of her services were rendered in this hospital. Her husband died of his wounds soon after the war, and she later married John E. Lacey. She is now a widow and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mrs. Catherine L. Taylor, senior vice-president of the National Association of Army Nurses, served as a volunteer nurse from 1862 to 1865. She was for about three years at the United States General Hospital, Davids' Island, New York Harbor. Her home was at Dobbs' Ferry, and with her own team she carried supplies for the sick and wounded, also cared for many families, as well as sending supplies to the soldiers at the front. Mrs. Taylor's home is in New York City.
Mrs. Hannah Judkins Starbird, junior vice-president of the National Association of Army Nurses, enlisted as a nurse August, 1864. She was then Miss Judkins. She was at Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C., and at St. John's
