“Milton in the Civil War

… 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 Outline of the History of Milton, Massachusetts, by Milton Historical Society, (Milton, Mass.), 1910, page 48