Letters of a Civil War Nurse: Cornelia Hancock, 1863-1865

She was called "The Florence Nightingale of America." From the fighting at Gettysburg to the capture of Richmond, this young Quaker nurse worked tirelessly to relieve the suffering of soldiers. She was one of the great heroines of the Union.

Cornelia Hancock served in field and evacuating hospitals, in a contraband camp, and (defying authority) on the battlefield. Her letters to family members are witty, unsentimental, and full of indignation about the neglect of wounded soldiers and black refugees. Hancock was fiercely devoted to the welfare of the privates who had "nothing before them but hard marching, poor fare, and terrible fighting."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 06/01/1998
ISBN: 9780803273122
Pages: 179
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.34w x 0.45d