Title: A woman doctor's Civil War
Description: Esther Hill Hawks went south in the 1860s to minister to black Union troops and newly freed slaves both as a teacher and a doctor. She kept a diary and described the South she saw.
Subjects: Physicians, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical care, Personal narratives, Women, African Americans, Biography, History, Afro-Americans, Women physicians, Warfare, Noirs américains, Histoire, Médecins, Biographies, Soins médicaux, Récits personnels, Femmes, Sezessionskrieg, Ärztin, Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865), United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, medical care, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, women, War
Places: Sea Islands, United States
People: Esther Hill Hawks (1833-1906)
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865