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Author Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898

Title Nurse and spy in the Union army : comprising the adventures and experiences of a woman in hospitals, camps, and battlefields / by S. Emma E. Edmonds with illustrations
Published Hartford, Conn. : W.S. Williams ; Philadelphia : Jones Bros., 1865

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Description 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations
Series Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
Gerritsen collection of women's history ; no. 772.4
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
Gerritsen collection of women's history ; no. 772.4.
Contents Commencement of the war -- Marching orders -- Water for the wounded -- Washington after Bull Run -- Arrival at Fortress Monroe -- The march to Yorktown -- A lost friend -- My first secret expedition -- Evacuation of Yorktown -- McClellan's dispatch from Ewell's farm -- Another disguise -- Am I a stoic? -- Our communications -- Renewal of the battle -- Leave of absence -- Change of base across the peninsula -- Withdrawal to Malvern Hill -- Return of old acquaintances -- My constant companion -- Pope's army -- After Antietam -- A military executions -- McClellan removed -- After the battle -- Appointed detective -- A Unionist from the Rebel Army -- Arrival at Vicksburg -- Western Gibraltar -- Review of hospitals and camp life -- Closing incidents
Summary This book discusses the experiences of the author, who was known for serving as a nurse and a spy with the Union Army during the American Civil War
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Subject Secret service -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
American Civil War
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Secret service
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261
Subject United States
Genre/Form Steel engravings.
Wood engravings.
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
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Dummies (Publishing)
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1582181608
9781582181608