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American Civil War

When the country was torn apart by the Civil War (1861-1865), Sisters of Providence answered a call to duty by Indiana governor Oliver P. Morton to run the City Hospital in Indianapolis. Led by hospital directress Sister Athanasius Fogarty, the sisters cared for ill and injured soldiers.

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A Civil War widow joins the Sisters of Providence

With the death of her husband, Major John Patrick Dufficy, on June 20, 1864, Minerva Dufficy became a widow. By an act approved by Congress on July 14, 1862, she was entitled to a widow’s claim. Minerva received a monthly…

Sisters of Providence
February 27, 2009
American Civil War, Stories from the Archives