Kate : the journal of a Confederate nurse / by Kate Cumming ; edited by Richard Barksdale Harwell.
Scottish-born, Alabama-bred Kate Cumming was one of the first women to offer her services for the care of the South's wounded soldiers. Her detailed journal, first published in 1866, provides a riveting look behind the lines of Civil War action in depicting civilian attitudes, army medical practices, and the administrative workings of the Confederate hospital system. --Publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 080712267X
- ISBN: 9780807122679
- Physical Description: xx, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1998.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: A journal of hospital life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee, from the Battle of Shiloh to the end of the war. Louisville : J.P. Morton ; New Orleans : W. Evelyn, [c1866]. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Okolona, Corinth -- Okolona -- Mobile -- Ringgold, Dalton, Chattanooga -- Chattanooga, Mobile -- Kingston, Cherokee Springs -- Atlanta, Newnan -- Newnan, Mobile -- West Point, Americus, Macon -- Mobile -- Griffin -- Newnan -- Mobile. |
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Genre: | Diaries. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 625 .C86 1998 | 30775305552490 | General Collection | Available | - |
Kate : The Journal of a Confederate Nurse
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Cumming served the Confederacy as a nurse in Alabama and Mississippi. Along with the descriptions of the fighting, she provides insight into medical practices and hospital systems of the times as well as civilian attitudes toward the war. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.