1850 TO 1865 aa 
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. Kennerly, 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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