her requisition for a flatiron, 248; witnessed assault on Ft. Wagner, 248-50; sick in summer of 1863, 250 _seq._; met with official arrogance, 254; declined to criticize Dorothea Dix, 255 _seq._; her position in Patent Office, 258 _seq._; returned to Washington, 262; at Worcester, 263; listened to H. W. Beecher, 263; her political views in 1864, 264-68; listened to George Thompson, 269; her change of opinion concerning John Brown, 269; at Spotsylvania and Wilderness, 272 _seq._; returns to Washington to better care for soldiers, 278-79; why she did not work under Commissions, 280; returns to Washington in 1864, 282; appointed superintendent of nurses, Army of the James, 282 _seq._; describes Fourth of July celebration, 283-85; letters to Frances Childs Vassall and Annie Childs, 286-96; describes death of her brother Stephen, 298-99; her verses on “The Women Who Went to the Field,” 301-03; drew her salary as clerk in the Patent Office till August, 1865, 304; at Andersonville, 304 _seq._; appointed by President Lincoln to find missing soldiers, 305; assisted in her work by Pres. Andrew Johnson, 307-09; approved and passes issued by Gen. Grant, 309-10; sometimes had greater success than missing men desired, 311-13; letter from grateful soldier, 313-14; four years in work for missing men, 316; appointed by Secretary Stanton to visit Andersonville, 317 _seq._; devotes herself to release of Dorence Atwater, 321-25; publishes his lists in _New York Tribune_, 326; wanted to write a book, 328-33; chose lecture platform instead, 342 _seq._; her finances, 340-41; bought a new home, 347; nervous breakdown, 348; first voyage to Europe, II: 1; first knowledge of the Red Cross, 2; in Switzerland, 8; in Corsica, 8; in Berne, 9; accepts invitation to serve Red Cross in Franco-Prussian War, 11 _seq._; at Basle, 12; at Mülhausen, 14; at Strassburg, 17; at Carlsruhe, 19; letter to Frances Childs Vassall, 23; at Paris, 31; at Lyons, 32; at Carlsruhe, 40; at Belforte, 44; declines gift and receives annuity, 53; letter to her sister Sarah, 55; at Montbéliard, 56; in Italy, 64; in London, 65; at Isle of Wight, 73 _seq._; in London, 77; letter to Mrs. Vassall, 79; letter to Bernard Barton Vassall, 81; letter to Mamie Barton Stafford, 83; returns to America, 84; only person in America in 1873 wearing Red Cross, 88; the nature of her sickness, 89-91; letter to Mr. Dwight, 91-92; at Dansville Sanitarium, 92 _seq._; letter to John D. De Frieze, 93; letter to the Grand Duchess of Baden, 95-100; recovery of health, 100 _seq._; letter to Mamie Stafford, 104; letter to German professor, 106; receives ovation on Memorial Day, 112; letter to Dr. Louis Appia, 121;