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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... scene was awesome and fantastic . Blazing pine torches on the shore turned the shadows of men into grotesque , leaping giants . Buell's troops in long columns marching down to the river on one side and up on the other , looked like a ...
... scene was awesome and fantastic . Blazing pine torches on the shore turned the shadows of men into grotesque , leaping giants . Buell's troops in long columns marching down to the river on one side and up on the other , looked like a ...
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... scene . Every- one knew that fighting had been going on for two days not far away , but no one knew the result . All the night before , supplies and materiel were carried on board the transports . The Sisters of Charity , who had set up ...
... scene . Every- one knew that fighting had been going on for two days not far away , but no one knew the result . All the night before , supplies and materiel were carried on board the transports . The Sisters of Charity , who had set up ...
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... scene in the yard . She never forgot a detail of that scene . There was a pile of arms and legs by the roadway , higher than the fence . Men lay , or sat slumped over with their backs against the fence , or crawled on all fours like ...
... scene in the yard . She never forgot a detail of that scene . There was a pile of arms and legs by the roadway , higher than the fence . Men lay , or sat slumped over with their backs against the fence , or crawled on all fours like ...
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