Cornelia Hancock’s Civil War: A Heart Touched By Fire; From Gettysburg to the Grand Review - Couverture rigide

Ivanoff, Carolyn

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ISBN 13 : 9798999079305

Editeur : Gettysburg Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

A Quaker nurse’s personal Civil War letters reveal trials, tragedies, and steadfast devotion to relieving the sick and wounded.

Cornelia Hancock’s Civil War: A Heart Touched by Fire, From Gettysburg to the Grand Review, recounts the story and service of a young Quaker Civil War nurse through her own words. Hancock wrote some of the most fascinating, compelling correspondence of the war. Her letters allow today’s readers to experience the trials and tragedies of the American Civil War through the eyes of this young, dedicated woman who fearlessly devoted herself to relieving the suffering of the sick and wounded.

Table of Contents

Foreword: John Hennessey, Retired Chief Historian at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Preface
Chapter 1: The Winds of War
Chapter 2: On the Field at Gettysburg—July 1863
Chapter 3: Camp Letterman General Hospital—August 1863
Chapter 4: Washington Contraband Hospital—September 1863–February 1864
Chapter 5: Brandy Station, Virginia—February–May 1864
Chapter 6: No Place for a Woman: Into the Wilderness—Fredericksburg, City of Hospitals—Overland and Under Fire—May–June 1864
Chapter 7: The Depot Field Hospital at City Point—June–December 1864
Chapter 8: The End of the War: On to Richmond, Appomattox, and the Grand Review—January–June 1865
Chapter 9: Cornelia Hancock: A Life of Service—1866–1927
Appendix A: Dr. Frederick A. Dudley, 1842–1923
Appendix B: Cornelia Hancock’s Reminisces I & II
Appendix C: Cornelia Hancock’s History of the Laing School
Appendix D :Second Corps Field Hospital at Gettysburg Photographic Essay
Appendix E: Brandy Station 1864 Map and Photographic Essay
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gettysburg Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798999079305
• Reliure: Relié
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• Personne responsable: non disponible