“The Milton branch of the Sanitary Commission made generous contributions to the comfort of the soldiers.  Miss Amelia Russell was a nurse at Fort Schuyler, Miss Emma Ware was nurse in charge of a ward in the Armory Square Hospital at Washington.  Miss Harriet Ware  conducted a school for freedmen at Coffin Point, St. Helena Island.”

Reference Data:
The Milton Catechism: An Outlline of the History of Milton, Massachusetts, by the Milton Historical Society (Milton, Mass.), 1910, page 48