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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... Railroad com- munications were severed between Washington and the North , leaving the city isolated and without mail or newspapers . Federal Government seized the Philadelphia and Baltimore Rail- road . Rioters in Baltimore cut off the ...
... Railroad com- munications were severed between Washington and the North , leaving the city isolated and without mail or newspapers . Federal Government seized the Philadelphia and Baltimore Rail- road . Rioters in Baltimore cut off the ...
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... railroad men in the ranks . There was instant cordiality between the two regiments and somehow the decision was made between them not merely to go to Washington but to repair the railroad as they went . Marylanders had dismantled the ...
... railroad men in the ranks . There was instant cordiality between the two regiments and somehow the decision was made between them not merely to go to Washington but to repair the railroad as they went . Marylanders had dismantled the ...
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... railroad to Gettysburg was a serious bottleneck . Stations along the route were swamped with more freight and ... rail- road in wartime beset this one . Most of the time , only two unscheduled trains a day pulled into Gettysburg , and ...
... railroad to Gettysburg was a serious bottleneck . Stations along the route were swamped with more freight and ... rail- road in wartime beset this one . Most of the time , only two unscheduled trains a day pulled into Gettysburg , and ...
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