Title Memoirs of a soldier, nurse, and spy : a woman's adventures in the Union Army / Sara Emma Edmonds ; introduction and annotations by Elizabeth D. Leonard.

Publication Info.	Dekalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 1999.
	1865.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	973.785 E24N	Check Shelf

Description	xxviii, 266 pages : illustrations / 23 cm
Note	Originally published: Nurse and spy in the Union Army. Hartford, Conn. : Williams, 1865.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index.
Contents	Introduction / Elizabeth D. Leonard -- 1. What Part Am I to Act in This Great Drama? -- 2. Marching Orders Received Today -- 3. How Shall I Describe the Scene? -- 4. When General McClellan Took Command -- 5. A Fair Specimen of Virginia Mud -- 6. Her Name Was Alice M -- 7. I Had Known Him Almost From Childhood -- 8. My First Secret Expedition -- 9. The Ghastly Faces of the Wounded and Dying -- 10. The Annihilation of the Merrimac -- 11. A New Disguise Was Necessary -- 12. I Now Resumed My Journey -- 13. Acting Orderly for General K -- 14. A Terrible Slaughter -- 15. Many an Hour I Have Worked and Watched -- 16. Yelling as They Came -- 17. A Most Sublime Spectacle -- 18. My Turn to Visit Washington -- 19. My Constant Companion -- 20. I Am Not What I Seem -- 21. The Pleasantest, Happiest Hours of My Life -- 22. A Military Execution and a Dreary Ride -- 23. A Sad Day for the Army of the Potomac -- 24. More Quiet and Less Dangerous Duties -- 25. To Act as Detective -- 26. A Specimen of Moral Sublimity -- 27. I Have the Honor to Propose to You an Armistice -- 28. Exhausted and Weak as a Child -- 29. I Recall Those Thrilling Scenes -- 30. Now That the Time Has Come.
Subject	Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Female.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service.
	Women soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
	Women spies -- United States -- Biography.
	Nurses -- United States -- Biography.
	Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898.
	Nurses -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
	History, 19th Century -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
	Military Personnel -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
	Women -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
Added Title	Nurse and spy in the Union Army
ISBN	0875802591 alkaline paper
	9780875802596 alkaline paper
	0875805841 paperback alkaline paper
	9780875805849 paperback alkaline paper

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