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In Hospital and Camp in the American Civil War
Long before the end of the American Civil War, Sophronia Bucklin had seen it all: sickness, shattered bodies, amputations, death, and torrents of blood.
In this 1869 book, she spares the reader no detail while humanizing what would otherwise be just statistics of casualties. She and her sister nurses cared for Union and Confederate, black and white, dressed their wounds and held their hands as they died.
But she also has stories of hope and happy endings. Like her comrades, they didn't always play by the rules but did what they thought best for the soldiers.
She volunteered for service at Gettysburg. She heard the cannons up close and had shrapnel and minnie balls rip through the canvas of her hospital tent.
For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.
Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
In this 1869 book, she spares the reader no detail while humanizing what would otherwise be just statistics of casualties. She and her sister nurses cared for Union and Confederate, black and white, dressed their wounds and held their hands as they died.
But she also has stories of hope and happy endings. Like her comrades, they didn't always play by the rules but did what they thought best for the soldiers.
She volunteered for service at Gettysburg. She heard the cannons up close and had shrapnel and minnie balls rip through the canvas of her hospital tent.
For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.
Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
248 pages, Paperback
First published July 20, 2013
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October 8, 2018
the incidental comments (sometimes more than incedetal) about the beurocray and indicenal corruption as a feature of the life in the Medical Camps(hospitals) are workt the book itself. this is he only "down in the dirt' view of the support and failure of the support for the wounded and a view of the necessary accumulation of men and equipment for an offensive that i have ever seen. Nobody else mven mentions the necessity for a wagon train of 12 miles to further an offensive.. someday I will find a good book on the logistics of the civil war. Reading this i understand why napoleon only got out of russia with 8,000 ment.
May 21, 2021
A nurse's View of the Civil War
While I pour through these Civil War diaries, this one stands above all! Written by a nurse who's eloquence and honest integrity are impeccable, the reader will learn so much! Under Miss Dix she was sent to hospitals all over the north. She tells of the suffering soldiers, the good and bad doctors and the problem with the supplies that were available and the cruel people that withheld them. A great and poignant diary!
While I pour through these Civil War diaries, this one stands above all! Written by a nurse who's eloquence and honest integrity are impeccable, the reader will learn so much! Under Miss Dix she was sent to hospitals all over the north. She tells of the suffering soldiers, the good and bad doctors and the problem with the supplies that were available and the cruel people that withheld them. A great and poignant diary!
January 2, 2023
As a nurse this is an amazing account of the cruelties of war that the writer experienced. The information is shared like a true nurse , she spares no details taking the reader right into the horrors of nursing the union and rebel forces. I found it to be an amazing read.
September 9, 2018
Avid fan of Civil War history. Hard to get into, but wished it was a bit longer after I got to the middle
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