Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience

This collection documents the varied services rendered by women during the Civil War, compiling personal sketches, correspondence, and eyewitness reports of nurses, relief workers, aid-society organizers, and volunteers who tended hospitals, prisoner exchanges, and supply depots. It details field nursing, sanitary operations, hospital kitchens, refreshment rooms, and educational and relief efforts among freed populations, and recounts sacrifices, illness, and deaths among caregivers. Arranged as biographical sketches and reports, the volume emphasizes patience, organization, patriotic devotion, and the expansion of women's public roles in wartime relief.