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Washington that General and Mrs. Churchill left the 

 city for Carlisle, taking Lucy with them. Mrs. Baird 

 remained with her husband. In January John W. Wood- 

 worth of Chicago, a friend of Kennicott's, came to 

 Washington for study at the Smithsonian, and by his 

 cheerful volunteer help was of great assistance to the 

 Professor. Baron Osten Sacken, of the diplomatic service, 

 was deeply interested in Entomology and became a close 

 friend of the family. In June, as an attack on Washington 

 was no longer feared, Lucy returned from Carlisle. 

 Many of the officers of the field parties returned to take 

 up sterner work, and some of the young medical men who 

 had been studying in various departments of zoology 

 were called on for service in the hospitals or with the 

 troops. The work at the Museum went on steadily, 

 notwithstanding, and a number of Agassiz's students, 

 including Verrill, F. W. Putnam, Ordway, and Dr. Henry 

 Bryant, came to Washington for longer or shorter periods. 

 The death of Dr. Kennedy, on his way home from the 

 Pacific Coast, was a source of much sorrow, and Mrs. 

 Baird's health was frequently interrupted by illness. 

 Much labor was expended on the boxes of outfit, &c., 

 for Kennicott's work in the North. 



The excitement and alarm in Washington on account 

 of the interruption of mails and trains are clearly indicated 

 by the very brief references in the Journal. During the 

 last ten days of April no word came from Carlisle or 

 elsewhere, and Mrs. Baird was in a serious state from 

 anxiety. In May things quieted down, as the city was 

 occupied by sufficient Union troops to preserve order and 

 defend it against any attack. 



The summer was spent at Elizabethtown, followed by 

 a visit to Montreal and Carlisle, returning to Washington 



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