A journal of hospital life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee from the battle of Shiloh to the end of the war: : with sketches of life and character and brief notices of current events during that period. /
Cumming, Kate,1835-1909.
Louisville, Ky.: : John P. Morton & Co., 156 West Main Street. New Orleans, La: William Evelyn, 90 Camp Street.,
c1866.
Born in Scotland, Kate Cumming and her family settled in Mobile Alabama. She enlisted as a nurse in the Confederate Army just in time for tireless service at the battle of Shiloh. She continued her work throughout the war. The book describes hospital life and scenes such as the horrors of amputation with the consequent tubs of blood and heaps of arms and legs.
Two columns to the page.
Sabin 17911
Microfiche.
Confederate States of America. Army
United States Kentucky Louisville.