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.â€
#2878239 in Books University of Nebraska Press 1993-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .95 x 5.98l; 1.45 #File Name: 0803259212419 pages
Review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy L.A.M.good book3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Overstated...line after lineBy MichaelI borrowed this book from a research library to gather information about the end of the Civil War and its aftermath on the Native American nations involved. I didn't get too far into the book before losing interest and getting agitated by the sheer amount of "fluff" added to each sentence. If there is a longer way to get to a point I'm not sure what it would have been.For example; the second sentence of the book states; "From first to last military conditions and events determined political and it is certainly no exaggeration to say that had a time ever come after the opening twelvemonth of war when the Federals could have shown themselves in unquestioned possession of the Indian country the treaties with the South would; one and all; have been immediately abrogated even by such initial and arch offenders as the Choctaws and Chickasaws who; alone of all the slave-holding tribes; had attached themselves; originally and in a national way; to the Secessionists because of a frankly avowed sympathy with the "peculiar institution."I give this book a 3-star rating because I'm sure it has wonderful information hidden somewhere under the architectural narrative.
