During which war were the Sisters of the Holy Cross the first to respond to America's dramatically increased need for nurses?
a. Civil c. French and Indian
b. Crimean d. Revolutionary
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The Sisters of the Holy Cross were the first to respond during the Civil War to the drastically increase need for nurses. The 12 sisters cared for wounded soldiers and by the end of the war, there were 80 sisters caring for soldiers in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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