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The contributions of more than 600 Catholic nuns to the care of Confederate and Union unwell and wounded made a vital affect upon nineteenth-century The usa. Now not only did thousands of soldiers instantly take pleasure in the religious sisters’ ministrations, but both professional nursing and Catholics’ acceptance within mainstream society advanced significantly because of this. In To Bind Up the Wounds, Sister Mary Denis Maher writes this heretofore neglected Civil War chapter in wealthy detail, telling a riveting story shot with suspicion and prejudice, suffering and self-sacrifice, ingenuity, beneficence, and gratitude.