Letters of a Civil War nurse
Subtitle: Cornelia Hancock, 1863-1865
By: edited by Henrietta Stratton Jaquette ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Jean V. Berlin.
Contributors: Jaquette, Henrietta Stratton, b. 1881.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Hancock, Cornelia, 1840-1927 -- Correspondence; Nurses -- United States -- Correspondence; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
Description: She was called "The Florence Nightingale of America." From the fighting at Gettysburg to the capture of Richmond, this young Quaker nurse worked tirelessly to relieve the suffering of soldiers. She was one of the great heroines of the Union. Cornelia Hancock served in field and evacuating hospitals, in a contraband camp, and (defying authority) on the battlefield. Her letters to family members are witty, unsentimental, and full of indignation about the neglect of wounded soldiers and black refugees.
Notes: "Reprinted from the 1971 edition, titled South after Gettysburg: letters of Cornelia Hancock from the Army of the Potomac, 1863-1865, by Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, N.Y."--T.p. verso.
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