MY STORY OF THE WAR:

A Woman's Narrative

OF

FOUR YEARS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

AS NURSE IN THE UNION ARMY, AND IN RELIEF WORK AT HOME,
IN HOSPITALS, CAMPS, AND AT THE FRONT, DURING

THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

WITH

Anecdotes, Pathetic Encidents, and Thrilling Reminiscences

PORTRAYING

THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF HOSPITAL LIFE

AND

THE SANITARY SERVICE OF THE WAR.

BY

MARY A. LIVERMORE.

Illustrated

WITH A STEEL-PLATE PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR.

HARTFORD, CONN.:

A. D. WORTHINGTON AND COMPANY.

1890.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887,

BY A. D. WORTHINGTON AND COMPANY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

283339

TO

THE VICTORIOUS SOLDIERS OF THE UNION ARMY,

HOWEVER CIRCUMSTANCED AND WHEREVER LIVING;

ΤΟ

The Honored Memory of the Heroic Dead,

WHO MADE THE SOIL OF THE SOUTH BILLOWY

WITH THEIR GRAVES;

AND TO

MY SURVIVING CO-WORKERS IN THAT NOBLE ORGANIZATION,

THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION,

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED.