Memoirs of a Soldier, Nurse, and Spy

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Edmonds, Sarah Emma EvelynLeonard, Elizabeth

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback

Englisch

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVerschienen am22.09.1999

As an infantry soldier and "male nurse", Sarah Edmonds chronicles the horrors of Civil War hospitals and the simple pastimes of camp life. Throughout her memoirs, this storyteller reveals her courage, dedication to the Union, and resourcefulness in sustaining her complicated masquerade.mehr

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KlappentextAs an infantry soldier and "male nurse", Sarah Edmonds chronicles the horrors of Civil War hospitals and the simple pastimes of camp life. Throughout her memoirs, this storyteller reveals her courage, dedication to the Union, and resourcefulness in sustaining her complicated masquerade.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-87580-584-9

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

FormatTrade Paperback (USA)

Verlag

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV

Erscheinungsjahr1999

Erscheinungsdatum22.09.1999

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 145 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 19 mm

Gewicht445 g

Artikel-Nr.13537262

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GenreRomane Taschenbuch

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsIntroduction Publisher's Notice to the 1865 Edition 1. What Part Am I to Act in This Great Drama? 2. Marching Orders Received To-Day 3. How Shall I Describe the Scene? 4. When General McClellan Took Command 5. A Fair Specimen of Virginia Mud 6. Her Name was Alice M 7. I Had Known Him Almost From Childhood 8. My First Secret Expedition 9. The Ghastly Faces of the Wounded and Dying 10. The Annihilation of the Merrimac 11. A New Disguise Was Necessary 12. I Now Resumed My Journey 13. Acting Orderly for General K 14. A Terrible Slaughter 15. Many an Hour I Have Worked and Watched 16. Yellins as They Came 17. A Most Sublime Spectacle 18. My Turn to Visit Washington 19. My Constant Companion 20. I Am Not What I Seem 21. The Pleasantest, Happiest Hours of My Life 22. A Military Execution and a Dreary Ride 23. A Sad Day for the Army of the Potomac 24. More Quiet and Less Dangerous Duties 25. To Act as Detective 26. A Specimen of Moral Sublimity 27. I Have the Honor to Propose to You an Armistice 28. Exhausted and Weak as a Child 29. I Recall Those Thrilling Scenes 30. Now That the Time Has Come Notes Suggested Readings Indexmehr

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"An extraordinary story for any war's retelling.... Elizabeth Leonard, the leading authority on women in the Civil War armies, has provided excellent editorial notes and has pieced Edmonds's story together in admirable fashion."--"The Historian"
"Fascinating.... Sarah Edmonds's memoir is not to be missed."--"Michigan Historical Review"
"Great fun to read."--"Civil War Courier"mehr