On April 12th, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War. Men and women fought courageously, but behind the scenes, an angel was at work. Opening hospitals for the wounded, sending reports of the dead, and housing orphans whose parents had been killed in the war. Cordelia Harvey, the Wisconsin Angel, was a healthcare revolutionizer, fighting for the rights of the soldiers during the Civil War.