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Wartime Return to Ann Byrne and the Convent
A widowed mother of ten plans to marry Hudson Cortlandt while her daughter Ann Byrne presses toward the Civil War front. Ann secures a governor’s pass from a cleric, travels with soldiers, hides in a convent wagon, and helps hospital work before fleeing Gettysburg toward unknown fate.
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Milton Center
New York
Ann Byrne
Hudson Cortlandt
Ann
Hendricks Cortlandt
Renneslyer
Hendricks
Cortlandt
Washington
Densley Howard
Europe
Rennessyer
Frederick City
Baltimore
Emmitsburg
Mother
Mother Superior
Fifty-fifth
Soong
Cross
Vicegannet the
Syrokie B
David
Gettysburg
Harrisburg