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Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields · S. Emma E. Edmonds
[Illustration: S. E. E. Edmonds
Engraved by Geo. E. Perine, N. Y.
ENGRAVED FOR THE NURSE & SPY.]
NURSE AND SPY IN THE UNION ARMY:
COMPRISING
The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields.
By S. EMMA E. EDMONDS.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
To the Sick and Wounded Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, This Volume Is Respectfully Inscribed BY The Author.
EMBELLISHMENTS.
PORTRAIT Engraved on Steel by Geo. E. Perine, N. Y. Disguises and other Scenes, Drawn and Engraved on Wood by R. O'Brien, New York.
PAGE.
PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR, FRONTISPIECE.
HOSPITAL TREE AT FAIR OAKS, 17
CATERING FOR HOSPITALS, 94
DISGUISED AS A CONTRABAND, 113
MAKING HOE-CAKE FOR A SICK REBEL, 153
ACTING ORDERLY ON THE BATTLE-FIELD, 178
RIDING FOR LIFE, 217
RELIEF FOR THE FAMISHING, 228
DISGUISED AS FEMALE CONTRABAND, 263
AN INTERESTING PATIENT, 272
PLAYING POSSUM, 295
PAYING A DEBT OF GRATITUDE, 316
BURSTING OF A SHELL IN VICKSBURG, 358
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