The Women and the Crisis: Women of the North in the Civil WarMcDowell, Obolensky, 1959 - 389 páginas Chronicles 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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... give than life demands , and of a clerk in the patent office , life demanded nothing but self - effacements and neat penmanship . But here was a woman bursting with physical and mental energy , well endowed with intelligence and common ...
... give than life demands , and of a clerk in the patent office , life demanded nothing but self - effacements and neat penmanship . But here was a woman bursting with physical and mental energy , well endowed with intelligence and common ...
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... give battle to the enemy or drive him South . " Words could not be plainer , but McClellan continued to do nothing at all , giving Lee time to recover from the shock of battle . And a week after the order , Lincoln wrote McClellan a ...
... give battle to the enemy or drive him South . " Words could not be plainer , but McClellan continued to do nothing at all , giving Lee time to recover from the shock of battle . And a week after the order , Lincoln wrote McClellan a ...
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... give him an opportunity to see him as he walked or rode through the camp , and happening to spend that evening with the President in the tent of Colonel Bowers , Grant's Adjutant- General , who had remained behind to keep up ...
... give him an opportunity to see him as he walked or rode through the camp , and happening to spend that evening with the President in the tent of Colonel Bowers , Grant's Adjutant- General , who had remained behind to keep up ...
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