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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... river . Travelers going to Corinth by water up the Tennessee , went ashore for the overland journey at a dismal spot on the west bank of the river known as Pittsburg Landing . Here there were some old warehouses at the foot of the steep ...
... river . Travelers going to Corinth by water up the Tennessee , went ashore for the overland journey at a dismal spot on the west bank of the river known as Pittsburg Landing . Here there were some old warehouses at the foot of the steep ...
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... river , for the Rebels were not far away . The road was now close to impassable , for panic was spreading through the army and the raw troops were making for the river in increasing numbers . They were gathered in terror - stricken ...
... river , for the Rebels were not far away . The road was now close to impassable , for panic was spreading through the army and the raw troops were making for the river in increasing numbers . They were gathered in terror - stricken ...
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... river was broad and yellow with mud , desolate , the banks lined with trees from which moss trailed like mourning veils . There were no high bluffs on the western shore of the river like those on the Vicksburg side . For a long distance ...
... river was broad and yellow with mud , desolate , the banks lined with trees from which moss trailed like mourning veils . There were no high bluffs on the western shore of the river like those on the Vicksburg side . For a long distance ...
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