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Author Young, Agatha, 1898-1974.

Title The women and the crisis; women of the North in the Civil War / by Agatha Young [pseudonym].

Publication Info. New York : McDowell, Obolensky [1959]

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.77 Y84    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  973.7 Y    Check Shelf
Description 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Women on the threshold of war. -- The impending crisis. -- The drums begin to beat. -- Through the streets of a city. -- Fear in Washington. -- The women mobilize. -- A hundred circling camps. -- The town nobody loved. -- The Army moves. -- First Bull Run. -- Aftermath. -- Women of the West. -- Bloody Shiloh. -- Ladies of the transport service. -- The war moves North. -- Rebels in the corn. -- Burnside's blunder. -- The perils of a real Pauline. -- Uncle Sam's web-feet. -- Women of Vicksburg. -- Where the grapes of wrath are stored. -- The last full measure. -- The lash and the sword. -- The brave and the fair. -- Northern flags in Southern breezes. -- With charity for all. -- The end came swiftly. -- Their legacy.
Subject Military Nursing -- history -- United States.
History of Nursing -- history -- United States.
Hospitals -- history -- United States.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
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