An edition of Journal of hospital life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee, from the Battle of Shiloh to the end of the war (1866)
Journal of hospital life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee from the Battle of Shiloh to the end of the War
with sketches of life and character, and brief notices of current events during that period
By Kate Cumming
Publish Date
1866
Publisher
J.P. Morton & Co.
Language
eng
Pages
200
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 States of America. Army. Dept. of Tennessee, Diaries, Nurses, Regimental histories, Army of the Tennessee (C.S.A.), Confederate States of America, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical care, Confederate Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Confederate, Hospitals, History, 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
People: Kate Cumming (1835-1909)
Places: Confederate States of America, Tennessee, United States
Times: Civil War, 1861-1865