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Mercy in Disaster : Abby Hopper Gibbons's Journals and Letters from Four Years of Civil War Nursing / edited by Angela G. Schear.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893, Author.
Contributor:
Schear, Angela G., 1986- editor.
Project Muse
Series:
Book collections on Project MUSE.
New perspectives on the Civil War era
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893--Correspondence.
Gibbons, Abby Hopper.
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893--Diaries.
Quaker women--United States--Biography.
Quaker women.
Nurses--United States--Biography.
Nurses.
Military nursing--United States--History--19th century--Sources.
Military nursing.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women--Sources.
United States.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care--Sources.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
Place of Publication:
Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2026.
Contents:
Introduction / John J. Hennessy
Washington and Falls Church : November-December 1861
The Shenandoah Valley, Virginia : April-May 1862
A hospital named for the surgeon general : July 1862
"Victory & Freedom for All" : Autumn 1862
"Her Imperial Majesty Miss Dorothea L Dix" : Winter 1863
"They All Cling to Us" : Spring 1863
New York City Draft Riots : July 1863
The Woolsey sisters : Autumn and Winter 1863-1864
Following Grant's army : May and June 1864
The calling of home and Beverly Hospital : July-September 1864
The final months : October 1864-May 1865
Appendix. Letters from friends.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780820375366
0820375365
Publisher Number:
40033217380
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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