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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893, Author.
- 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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