"Another Troop Train"

This past May 16th I wrote a review on Bob Greene's book, 'Once Upon A Town.' It was about a town in North Platte, ND. that became a regular stopping mecca for trains headed east and/or west with troops aboard. The other night I was reading a history book on the good wife's hometown Decatur, Illinois, and was reading the section on the town's history and participation in the Civil War. I came across a curious paragraph,
"Trains filled with wounded soldiers passed through Decatur frequently, and all were met at the station by women from the 'Hospital Aid Society.' With baskets of delicacies on their arms they made their way among the suffers, to whom the words of comfort and encouragement meant as much as the food and drink. Decatur was a dinner stop for trains carrying wounded troops. [End of quote]*

It was really neat to read this and realize that long before WWII, there was a place,
[and there are probably other railroad stops not very well known about] that reached out to be of whatever help they could to others.

*History of Macon County, 1976. 24.Civil War Days. pg.185