Faces of Civil War nurses

Coddington, Ronald S. 1963- (author.).

Summary: "Author Coddington profiles the experiences of 77 representative women who provided care during the Civil War, serving as official and unofficial nurses, aid workers, and vivandières. Their stories are told through letters, diaries, pension files, newspaper and government reports, and other documentation. Each story is illustrated with an original wartime photograph of the subject"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781421437941
ISBN: 1421437945
ISBN: 9781421437958
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 394 pages : portraits ; 23 cm
Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Fales, Almira L. Newcomb McNaughton Lockwood -- Dysart, Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" -- Fowle, Elida Barker Rumsey -- Tyler, Adeline Blanchard -- Hubley, Rosina Weaver -- Lawrence, Catherine S. -- Brainard, Elmina Maria Oltz Pierce -- Woodworth, Mary Ann E. Keen -- Hooks, Lorinda Anna Blair Kellogg Etheridge -- Ricketts, Frances Ann Lawrence -- Fremont, Jessie Ann Benton -- Weston, Modenia R. Chadwick McColl -- Stevens, Harriet Reese Colfax -- Safford, Mary Jane -- Hughes, Debbie A. -- Young, Mary Ann B. -- Hancock, Mary Ellen Green Bonney -- Sharpless, Harriet Reifsnyder -- Porter, Felicia Ann Grundy Eakin -- Whitney, Lucina B. Emerson Nicholas Meacham -- Reynolds, Arabella Loomis Macomber -- Pomroy, Rebecca Rossignol Holliday -- Wormeley, Katherine Prescott -- Wiswell, Rebecca -- Mahone, Otelia Voinard Butler -- Williams, Rose Adele Cutts Douglas -- Denham, Cynthia Russel Tuell -- Holstein, Anna Morris Ellis -- Gregg, Sarah Gallop -- Leonard, Marie Brose Tepe -- Smith, Elizabeth B. Watton -- Edwards, Caroline Cheeseborough Wright Hagar -- Marsh, Susan Ellen -- Buckley, Lettie E. Covell -- Jennings, Jane -- Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon -- Shorb, Sister Ann Alexis -- Emens, Harriet Atwood Dada -- May, Phebe Mary Agett -- Dana, Emily Wheelock -- Telford, Mary Jewett -- Lander, Jean Margaret Davenport -- Brainerd, Martha Noble -- Lowell, Josephine Shaw -- Ross, Anna Maria -- Husband, Mary Morris -- Bickerdyke, Mary Ann Ball -- Stubbs, Anna Bell -- Scribner, Elizabeth Emmeline Brewster -- Low, Sarah -- Pollard, Caroline Wilkins -- Weed, Margaret A. Egan -- Case, Melissa Catherine Vail -- Stradling, Georgiana Willets -- Jackson, Harriet Sharpless Reifsnyder -- Hill, Nancy Maria -- Bacon, Georgeanna Murison Woolsey -- Osgood, Helen Louise Gilson -- Carver, Anna Reich -- Grogan, Harriet E. Preston -- Ford, Charlotte Warner -- Hoyt, Helen Maria Noye -- Jones, Sybil -- Ware, Emma Forbes -- Olden, Alma S. Wolcott, Bennett -- Farley, Sister Ignatius -- McGavock, Caroline Elizabeth Winder -- Mayhew, Ruth Swett -- Richards, Maria Martha Condit Hall -- Quinby, Almira Fitch -- Titcomb, Louisa -- Ransom, Eleanor Cole Houton -- Billing, Rosanna Moore -- Bradford, Charlotte -- Case, Cynthia Bright -- Freitag, Annie Francis Kendall -- Edwards, Sarah Jerusha.