Nurse and Spy in the Union Army / The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields

A first-person memoir recounts the author's two years serving as a volunteer nurse and clandestine agent during the Civil War, combining vivid hospital scenes, camp routine, and battlefield reportage. It details medical care for the wounded, shortages and improvisation in supplies, encounters with contrabands and refugees, and multiple secret missions into enemy lines under various disguises. Episodes include reconnaissance, carrying messages and tending casualties amid assaults and retreats, as well as reflections on courage, fatigue, and humanitarian motives. The narrative mixes episodic battle accounts with domestic camp life and practical hospital procedures to portray wartime service from a woman's perspective.