Kate

Description:

Scottish-born, Alabama-bred Kate Cumming was one of the first women to offer her services for the care of the South's wounded soldiers. Her detailed journal, first published in 1866, provides a riveting look behind the lines of Civil War action in depicting civilian attitudes, army medical practices, and the administrative workings of the Confederate hospital system. --Publisher description.

subjects: Confederate Personal narratives,  Confederate States of America,  Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee,  History,  Hospitals,  Personal narratives, Confederate,  Social conditions,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  Women,  Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of Tennessee,  Diaries,  Nurses,  Regimental histories,  Army of the Tennessee (C.S.A.),  Medical care,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, confederate,  Nurses, biography,  Confederate states of america, biography,  Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Tennessee,  Military Nursing,  Warfare,  Confederate States of America Army. Department of Tennessee

People: Kate Cumming (1835-1909)

Places: Confederate States of America,  United States,  Tennessee

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865