Memories by Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers

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"MARION, ALABAMA, March 11, 1888.

"Dr. S. BEMISS, New Orleans,--Having heard an entertainment was to
be given in your city on March 29 for the benefit of Mrs. Fannie A.
Beers, I feel it to be my duty, as well as pleasure, to add my
testimony to her worth and to the part she played in the late war.

"During the three years she was with me as a Confederate hospital
matron, she conducted herself as a high-toned lady in the strictest
sense of the term, and to every word I may say of her there are
hundreds, yea, thousands, of Confederate soldiers scattered all
over the South who would cheerfully testify to some facts if
opportunity were offered them.

"After the battles of Shiloh and Farmington, and then the
evacuation of Corinth, I was ordered to establish hospitals (in
June or July, 1862) for the sick and wounded of General Bragg's
army, at Gainesville, Alabama. With scarcely any hospital supplies
I began preparations for the same, and in answer to a card
published in the Selma (Alabama) papers, asking for supplies and a
suitable lady to act as matron, she promptly responded. At first
sight her youthful, delicate, refined, and lady-like appearance,
showing she had never been accustomed to any hardships of life,
caused me to doubt her capacity to fill the position of matron.

"She said she desired to do something while her husband was at the
front defending our Southern homes. I soon found what she lacked in
age and experience was made up in patriotism, devotion to the
Southern cause, constant vigilance, and tenderness in nursing the
Confederate sick and wounded. I soon learned to appreciate her
services and to regard her as indispensable.

"She remained with me as hospital matron while I was stationed at
Gainesville, Alabama, Ringgold, Georgia, Newnan, Georgia, and Port
Valley, Georgia, embracing a period of nearly three years. She was
all the time chief matron, sometimes supervising more than one
thousand beds filled with sick and wounded, and never did any woman
her whole duty better. Through heat and cold, night and day, she
was incessant in her attentions and watchfulness over the
Confederate sick and wounded, many times so worn down by fatigue
that she was scarcely able to walk, but never faltering in the
discharge of her duties.

"At one time, while at Newnan, Georgia, the Federal forces under
General McCook were advancing on the town, and it became necessary
for every available man--post officers, surgeons, convalescents,
and nurses--to leave the town and wards in order to repel the
invading enemy. I was much affected while hurrying from ward to
ward giving general orders about the care of the sick during my
absence in the fight, to see and hear the maimed begging Mrs. Beers
to remain with them, and they could well testify to how well she
acted her part in remaining with them and caring for their many
wants, while the able-bodied men of all grades went to battle for
all they held dear.

"At the same time, all the citizens and officers' wives sought
refuge in some place of safety. After the battle, which resulted in
victory to the Confederates, and the wounded of both armies were
brought to our wards, and the Federal prisoners (about one
thousand) to the town, her attention and kindness was, if possible,
doubly increased, extending help and care as well to the boys in
blue as to those in gray. In her missions of mercy she made no
distinction. There she was daily seen with her servant going into
the prison of the Federal soldiers with bandages and baskets of
provisions to minister to the wants of such as were slightly
wounded or needed some attention. Many a Federal officer and
soldier would doubtless bear willing testimony to these acts of
unselfish kindness.

"While Atlanta was invested and being shelled she, contrary to my
advice and urgent remonstrance, took boxes of provisions to her
husband and comrades in the trenches when the shot and shell fell
almost like hail. While at Fort Valley her courage and patriotism
were put to the severest test in an epidemic of smallpox.

"When all who could left, she remained and nursed the Confederate
soldiers with this loathsome disease. I desire to say she was a
voluntary nurse, and did all her work from patriotism alone, until
it became necessary for her to remain as a permanent _attache_ of
the hospitals that her name should go upon the pay-rolls. After
that she spent her hard earnings in sending boxes to the front and
dispensing charity upon worthy objects immediately under her care.

"She was with me as voluntary nurse, or matron, for more than three
years, and during that time she conducted herself in every respect
so as to command the respect and esteem of all with whom she came
in contact, from the humblest private to the highest in command,
and the citizens of every place where she was stationed gave her a
hearty welcome, and invited her into the best of society.

"Feeling this much was due to one who suffered so many privations
for 'Dear Lost Cause,' I send it to you for you to use as you think
proper in promoting her good. You know me well, and can vouch for
anything I have said.

"Very respectfully,

"WM. T. McALLISTER, M.D.,

"Late Surgeon P.A.C.S."

After such testimonials of worth and work, anything more would seem
out of place. Yet we cannot refrain from mentioning some of the
sayings of soldiers who, though forgotten, yet recall her with
affection for the tender nursing received at her hands. Says one, "She
was the moving spirit in the hospital, officially and practically. The
first object of her ministrations was to relieve suffering and save
life. The next was to fit men for service. When health was restored
she would brook no shirking, but with the power of kindly words
impelled patients to the field. Her zeal sprang from profound
convictions of the righteousness of the Cause, and with the vehemence
of sincerity she wielded a great influence over those who had
recovered under her care."

Another declares that he has seen her "not only bathing the heads of
soldiers, but washing their feet."

So the evidence accumulates, and it is no wonder she is called by many
"The Florence Nightingale of the South."

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