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is an account of chaplains and women religious who served as nurses during the
American Civil War. As Conyngham tried to collect the histories of the sisters who served during the Civil War, more than one community declined to cooperate out of a sense of humility. Conyngham died before publishing
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Shepherd, William John. "Review of 'Soldiers of the Cross, The
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