Nurse and Spy in the Union ArmyCosimo, Inc., 2005 M01 1 - 412 páginas While in the "Secret Service" as a "Spy," which is one of the most hazardous positions in the army-she penetrated the enemy's lines, in various disguises, no less than eleven times; always with complete success and without detection. Her efficient labors in the different Hospitals as well as her arduous duties as "Field Nurse," embrace many thrilling and touching incidents, which are here most graphically described.-from the original "Publisher's Notice"It sounds like the stuff of pulp fiction, but it's all true. Or mostly true, at least. Sarah Edmonds, disguised as "Franklin Thompson," enlisted in the Union Army in 1861; saw combat at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford, First Bull Run/Manassas, the Peninsular Campaign, Antietam, and Fredericksburg; and sometimes served as a spy "disguised" as a woman! Afraid of her secret being discovered, "Franklin" went AWOL, and Sarah rejoined the cause as a nurse. These thrilling adventures of a daring woman in the Civil War have been accused of being "fanciful," but that's just the beginning of their charm.SARAH EMMA EDMONDS SEELYE (1841-1898) was born in New Brunswick, Canada, ran away from home at 17, disguised as a boy. An 1884 congressional bill recognized her service to the Union and granted her a military pension. She died in Texas, and her remains today are housed in a Grand Army of the Republic plot in Houston. |
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... thousand men ! " This announcement startled me , while my imagination portrayed the coming strug gle in all its fearful magnitude . War , civil war , with all its horrors seemed inevitable , and even then was ready to burst like a ...
... thousand men ! " This announcement startled me , while my imagination portrayed the coming strug gle in all its fearful magnitude . War , civil war , with all its horrors seemed inevitable , and even then was ready to burst like a ...
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... thousand inhabitants , where there was scarcely a family who had not a father , husband , son , or brother in that little band of soldiers who stood there ready to bid them farewell , perhaps for years - perhaps forever . A farewell ...
... thousand inhabitants , where there was scarcely a family who had not a father , husband , son , or brother in that little band of soldiers who stood there ready to bid them farewell , perhaps for years - perhaps forever . A farewell ...
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... thousands of sick men to be taken care of - but for these the Government had made no provision as regards more delicate kinds of food -nothing but hard bread , coffee and pork , for sick and well , alike . The Sanitary Commission had ...
... thousands of sick men to be taken care of - but for these the Government had made no provision as regards more delicate kinds of food -nothing but hard bread , coffee and pork , for sick and well , alike . The Sanitary Commission had ...
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... thousands from every loyal State in the Union . The Capitol and White IIouse were common pla- ces of resort for soldiers . Arms were stacked in the rotunda of the one and the lobbies of the 28 THE GRAND ARMY . other , while our "
... thousands from every loyal State in the Union . The Capitol and White IIouse were common pla- ces of resort for soldiers . Arms were stacked in the rotunda of the one and the lobbies of the 28 THE GRAND ARMY . other , while our "
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... thousands of subdued voices . The divisions separated where three roads branch off toward Bull Run , each taking the road leading to its respective position . Soon the morn- ing broke bright and clear , bringing the two con- tending ...
... thousands of subdued voices . The divisions separated where three roads branch off toward Bull Run , each taking the road leading to its respective position . Soon the morn- ing broke bright and clear , bringing the two con- tending ...
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A LOST FRIEND DEATH OF LIEUTENANT JAMES V HIS BURIAL | 97 |
CHAPTER XV | 197 |
CHAPTER XVI | 207 |
CHAPTER XVII | 219 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 233 |
CHAPTER XIX | 249 |
CHAPTER XX | 261 |
CHAPTER XXI | 273 |
CHAPTER XXII | 286 |
FIRST SECRET | 110 |
Pages 122137 | 122 |
CLELLANS DESPATCH FROM EWELLS FARMCALL FOR REIN | 137 |
CHAPTER XI | 147 |
CHAPTER | 161 |
OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CHICKANOMINYPORTERS | 173 |
CHAPTER XIV | 186 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 297 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 309 |
CHAPTER XXV | 319 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 331 |
Pages 341353 | 341 |
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Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences ... S. Emma E. 1841-1898 Edmonds Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Aquia Creek arms army arrived batteries battle began boys brave camp carried cavalry Centerville chaplain cheerful Chickahominy christian colored command comrades contraband Dahlgren guns dark darkie dead death despatch discase duty dying DYING REBEL enemy eyes face faithful Federal feel feet field fight fire Fort Magruder Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg friends gone ground guard guns hands head headquarters heard heart heaven horse hospital hour James river looked Massa McClellan ment Merrimac miles morning mother mule night noble nurses o'clock officers passed poor Potomac rebel regiment retreat returned Richmond ride rode scene seemed sent shell shot sick side soldiers soon spirit stood suffering surgeon tell tent thing thought thousand tion told took trabands troops turned typhoid fever Union army Vicksburg victory Washington weary Willie L words wounded Yankees Yorktown
Pasajes populares
Página 347 - My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the...
Página 213 - If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army.
Página 145 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Página 233 - ... massed and led. Under every disadvantage of number, and necessarily of position also, you have in every conflict beaten back your foes with enormous slaughter. Your conduct ranks you among the celebrated armies of history. No one will now question that each of you may always say, with pride : " I belong to the Army of the Potomac.
Página 234 - On this, our nation's birthday, we declare to our foes who are rebels against the best interests of mankind, that this army shall enter the capital of their so-called confederacy; that our national constitution shall prevail, and that the Union which can alone insure internal peace and external security to each state, "must and shall be preserved," cost what it may in time, treasure and blood.
Página 189 - Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac ! I have fulfilled at least a part of my promise to you. You are now face to face with the rebels, who are held at bay in front of their capital. The final and decisive battle is at hand.
Página 175 - I am very glad of General FJ Porter's victory; still, if it was a total rout of the enemy, I am puzzled to know why the Richmond and Fredericksburg railroad was not seized again, as you say you have all the railroads but the Richmond and Fredericksburg. I am puzzled to see how, lacking that, you can have any, except the scrap from Richmond to West Point. The scrap of the Virginia Central, from Richmond to Hanover Junction, without more, is simply nothing. That the whole of...
Página 197 - Be assured, general, that there never has been a moment when my desire has been otherwise than to aid you with my whole heart, mind, and strength, since the hour we first met ; and whatever others may say for their own purposes, you have never had, and never can have, any one more truly your friend, or more anxious to support you, or more joyful than I shall be at the success which I have no doubt will soon be achieved by your arms.
Página 145 - I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel Since God is marching on.
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The Care of the Sick: The Emergence of Modern Nursing Vern L. Bullough,Bonnie Bullough Sin vista previa disponible - 1979 |