The Women and the Crisis: Women of the North in the Civil WarChronicles the changes which came about through the dedicated work of Northern women during the Civil War regarding the responsibility for treatment of the wounded. Their efforts laid the groundwork for modern organized charity work, the Red Cross, and what could be considered military nursing. Biographies are included of notable women who dedicated themselves to caring for the wounded and changing government policy. |
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Page 240
... Confederate out- posts to the Union lines . She carried the Confederate uniform which the gallant Captain had ordered for her , in her carpet bag - just why it is hard to imagine . Her secret papers she put in the exact place where any ...
... Confederate out- posts to the Union lines . She carried the Confederate uniform which the gallant Captain had ordered for her , in her carpet bag - just why it is hard to imagine . Her secret papers she put in the exact place where any ...
Page 273
... Confederate Army were now converging . A Union cavalry division , under General John Buford , was already there . Buford knew the Confederates were in the neighborhood , and on the thirtieth he had driven away a detachment of troops ...
... Confederate Army were now converging . A Union cavalry division , under General John Buford , was already there . Buford knew the Confederates were in the neighborhood , and on the thirtieth he had driven away a detachment of troops ...
Page 343
... Confederate ladies in their fashions of four years earlier while the Petersburg ladies gazed in astonishment at the nurses ' ankle - length , hoopless skirts . Away to the south and west , fierce fighting was still going on , but the ...
... Confederate ladies in their fashions of four years earlier while the Petersburg ladies gazed in astonishment at the nurses ' ankle - length , hoopless skirts . Away to the south and west , fierce fighting was still going on , but the ...
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