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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... nearly one - third of the commissioned officers of the Regular Army resigned and went over to the Confederate side , taking with them a great part of the scant military knowledge the country possessed . Lincoln was fully aware of the ...
... nearly one - third of the commissioned officers of the Regular Army resigned and went over to the Confederate side , taking with them a great part of the scant military knowledge the country possessed . Lincoln was fully aware of the ...
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... nearly the true field hospital than those connected with any previous battle . This was especially true of the hospitals set up by Surgeon Irwin in vacated tents on the field of battle . Hospitals behind the lines had been prepared in ...
... nearly the true field hospital than those connected with any previous battle . This was especially true of the hospitals set up by Surgeon Irwin in vacated tents on the field of battle . Hospitals behind the lines had been prepared in ...
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... nearly three million dollars . This was big business , the result of executive ability of the first order . The pretty ladies of 1861 , sitting in their parlors stitch- ing the ridiculous havelocks and scraping lint , had ended by ...
... nearly three million dollars . This was big business , the result of executive ability of the first order . The pretty ladies of 1861 , sitting in their parlors stitch- ing the ridiculous havelocks and scraping lint , had ended by ...
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