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My heart toward home : letters of a family during the Civil War / Eliza Woolsey Howland, Georgeanna Woolsey Bacon ; edited by Daniel John Hoisington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howland, Eliza Woolsey, 1835-1917.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Howland, Eliza Woolsey, 1835-1917--Correspondence.
- Howland, Eliza Woolsey.
- Bacon, Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey, 1833-1906--Correspondence.
- Bacon, Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey.
- Woolsey family.
- Bacon, Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey, 1833-1906.
- Howland, Eliza Woolsey, 1835-1917.
- National Book Committee.
- Sisters.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- New York (State)--New York.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- New York (N.Y.).
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
- Medical care.
- Sisters--New York (State)--New York--Correspondence.
- Woolsey family--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 434 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Roseville, Minn. : Edinborough Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Through the story of this one family, the reader glimpses the sweep of the northern Civil War experience. The Woolseys of New York City -- a widowed mother, seven daughters, and one son devoted their lives to the preservation of their beloved Union. Georgeanna, Jane, Eliza, Carry, and Hatty served in military hospitals. Abby organized sewing and supply work for the Women's Central Association of Relief. Mary wrote patriotic poems. "Moremamma" Woolsey rushed to Gettysburg to nurse the wounded. This book tells us of women carving out a role in the wider war effort and the beginnings of the nursing profession. It is a journey into the social world of wealthy New York society. It is one of the great family stories of the Civil War.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1889020079
- OCLC:
- 45604066
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