As the Library of Virginia’s archivists continue to catalog items in the collection we are often struck by the amazing stories a simple volume or piece of paper can hold. One recent item added to the catalog is the Robertson Hospital Reunion Register. Former patients reunited in Richmond in 1896 to see Sally Tompkins, often called the Confederacy’s Florence Nightingale . At her own expense Tompkins, the only female commissioned officer in the Confederate military, ran Robertson Hospital in Richmond during the Civil War with strict standards of hygiene and comfort. The rate of recovery there was remarkable. See the latest entry in this week's Out of the Box blog. http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html