With Courage and Delicacy: Civil War on the Peninsula: Women and the U.S. Sanitary Commission

by Nancy Scripture Garrison

The U.S. Sanitary Commission was a volunteer medical and relief organization during the Civil War, in which women played a significant role. The author draws on the letters of women serving in McClellan's Peninsula campaign of 1862 to integrate social, cultural and military history into a gripping narrative.

Genres: Civil War

240 pages, Hardcover

First published November 21, 1999