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 149
... cavalry command with an unconventional brilliance unequaled by any other cavalry officer in either army . On the sixteenth , General Buckner , who had inherited the mess from the fugitives , Floyd and Pillow , sent a note to Grant ...
... cavalry command with an unconventional brilliance unequaled by any other cavalry officer in either army . On the sixteenth , General Buckner , who had inherited the mess from the fugitives , Floyd and Pillow , sent a note to Grant ...
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... cavalry reached Me- chanicsburg . The advance of Ewell's corps reached the heights across the river from Harrisburg . Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord ; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath ...
... cavalry reached Me- chanicsburg . The advance of Ewell's corps reached the heights across the river from Harrisburg . Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord ; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath ...
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... cavalry was chasing the wildly swaying wagons at Rockville , other Confederate cavalry had ridden into Mechanicsburg and elements of Ewell's corps were gazing at Harrisburg from across the broad Susquehanna . On the thirtieth Lee rode ...
... cavalry was chasing the wildly swaying wagons at Rockville , other Confederate cavalry had ridden into Mechanicsburg and elements of Ewell's corps were gazing at Harrisburg from across the broad Susquehanna . On the thirtieth Lee rode ...
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