num_pages: 164
description: The chief nurse of the Union Hospital in Washington, D.C., describes life and stress in the hospital and comments on notable persons of power. Her heretofore unpublished diary and letters comprise a fresh, hightly significan document concerning the medical history of the Civil War and the contributions of women nurses in the Northern military hospitals. This book is edited, with Introduction and Commentary, by John R. Brumgardt. Published by The University of Tennessee. 150 pages
language: English
title: Civil War Nurse: the Diary and Letters of Hannah Ropes
titlecomplete: Civil War Nurse: the Diary and Letters of Hannah Ropes
genres: Civil War, History, Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 35
publisher: University of Tennessee Press