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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 492

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and the frozen mire ofthe battle-field, as far as his condition allowed. Hisblood-stifiened, and sometimes horribly filthy uni-form, was exchanged for soft and clean hospitalgarments. Incessant cries of Mother! Mother!Mother! rang through the boat, in every note ofbeseeching and anguish. And to… … ijj_u^lii|ii nijujujuit J ON THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT. 487 an impression that she held a commission from theSecretary of War, or at least from the Governor ofIllinois. To every snrgeon who was superior, sheheld herself subordinate, and was as good at obeyingas at commanding. And yet, at that time,…

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