During the Civil War in the United States the mission was not very
seriously affected by the conditions of the home church. Except
for the first injunction from the Board against enlargement of the
work and for the exceeding high rate of bank exchange, Dr. House
gives no indications of adverse results on the field. Although the
missionaries then in Siam were from both sections of the divided
fatherland, they continued to live in cordial relations. During
this period several reinforcements reached Siam, showing that
the church at home had not allowed the war to curtail their work
entirely. These additions were: Rev. and Mrs. C. S. George (1862),
Mrs. F. F. Odell (1863), Rev. and Mrs. P. L. Carden (1866). On the
other hand, the mission suffered the serious loss of Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Mattoon, who were constrained to resign in 1865 on account of
Mrs. Mattoon’s continued ill health.