My Story of the War
by Mary A. Livermore
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Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack - 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. The work of the United States Sanitary Commission in aiding the Federal war effort cannot be underestimated. Through its tens of thousands of members spread all across the North, they brought succour and aid to U.S. Army soldiers and particularly their sick and wounded. One of its most distinguished members was Mary Livermore, a seasoned show more advocate of liberal rights (and after the Civil War, Women's Sufferage), who was at the forefront of the medical effort of the U.S.S.C. Her memoirs in the front-line hospital and wards spanned from the early days of the Civil War at the battle of Shiloh right through to its conclusion. She was also heavily involved in the fund raising efforts of her commission and received backing from the highest sources. show lessTags
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One of the few women leaders of the Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. She worked in all areas - from nursing in military hospitals to organizing money raising fairs for Commission work. Includes her impressions of Mary Bickerdyke, Kady Brownell, Bridget Devens, Anna Ella Carroll, Mary Safford, Jane Hoge, and Cordelia Harvey. Material on Nursing Nuns, hospital river boats.
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- Canonical title
- My Story of the War
- Original publication date
- 1887
- Dedication
- TO
THE VICTORIOUS SOLDIERS OF THE UNION ARMY,
HOWEVER CIRCUMSTANCED AND WHEREVER LIVING;
TO
The Honored Memory of the Heroic Dead,
WHO MADE THE SOIL OF THE SOUTH BILLOWY
WITH THEIR GRAVES;
AND TO <... (show all)br>MY SURVIVING CO-WORKERS IN THAT NOBLE ORGANIZATION,
THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION,
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED. - First words
- At the close of the war, I was importuned to publish my experiences and reminiscences in connection with the hospitals and the relief work of the Sanitary Commission.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)While we hope that it may know no resurrection here, may we not hope that it will everywhere cease among the nations of the earth?
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