Author: DANNETT, SYLVIA G.L. (COMPILED AND EDITED BY)
Title: Noble Women of the North
Description: London, Thomas Yosseloff. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title and house motif on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Pictorial dustjacket is complete with a little chipping G+. A treasury of previously untapped material revealing the contributions made by this army of volunteer women nurses who followed the regiments to the front in the Civil War, appearing on every battlefield from Bull Run to Appomattox. These women endured as much privation as the soldiers and their many letters and diaries have been skillfully sifted and selected to form this fascinating book. Includes the story of a woman who lived as a soldier for two years without having her sex discovered. 25 photographic illustrations. B2C. Very Good/Good.

Keywords: American CIVIL War, Bull Run, Appomattox, Stonewall Jackson


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