Nuns of the Battlefield Base relief

ID: 3237 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 ~ Creator: Carol M. Highsmith ~ Date: 2010

This file appears in: Nuns of the Battlefield Monument: This monument honors the women of religious orders who nursed the sick and wounded in the Civil War.

This file appears in: Nuns of the Battlefield Monument: This monument honors the women of religious orders who nursed the sick and wounded in the Civil War.

Nuns of the Battlefield Monument: This monument honors the women of religious orders who nursed the sick and wounded in the Civil War.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The Nuns of the Battlefield Monument, honoring the nuns who tended wounded and sick soldiers during the Civil War, features a large bronze relief panel that depicts the life-sized figures of twelve…