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My story of the war: a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front, during the war of the rebellion... (1889)

Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 · Hartford, Conn., A. D. Worthington and company · leaf 122

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as found in the field, often inthe thickest of the fight, always inspiring the men todeeds of valor, always respected for her correctnessof life. Soldiers and officers vied with one anotherin their devotion to her. Bridget Devens, known as Michigan Bridget,went to the field with the First Michigan… … A WOMAN DRUMMER. 119 troops — sometimes she brought off the woundedfrom the field — always fearless and daring, alwaysdoing good service as a soldier. Her love of armylife continued after the war ended, and with herhusband she joined a regiment of the regular army,stationed on the Plains. Mrs. Kady…

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