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 . r Simplicity and Geniality — Lieutenant Gushing, theHero of the Ram Albemarle — Other Eminent Notabilities — The Drum-mer Boy of the Eighth Michigan — Enlists with his Teacher — Charliepetted by all — His Teacher and Captain Shot at James Island — FierceLife of the Eighth Michigan — Charlie Shares it All — Struck by aChance Shot — Fatal Result. CONTRABAND camp had been estab-lished at Washingt
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 . r Simplicity and Geniality — Lieutenant Gushing, theHero of the Ram Albemarle — Other Eminent Notabilities — The Drum-mer Boy of the Eighth Michigan — Enlists with his Teacher — Charliepetted by all — His Teacher and Captain Shot at James Island — FierceLife of the Eighth Michigan — Charlie Shares it All — Struck by aChance Shot — Fatal Result. CONTRABAND camp had been estab-lished at Washington, made np principallyof fugitives from Maryland and Virginia,, though we found numerous representativesof the patriarchal institution from Northand South Carolina, and Georgia. Therewere three thousand of them in camp at the time ofour visit, but the number varied from week to D. B. Nichols, a former superintendent of theChicago Reform School, was in charge of this motleycompany of escaped slaves, and although there wasevidence of a lack of administrative talent, the poorrefugees from bondage had certainly, for the time, ahappy home in their miserable quarters. 257. 258 A CONTRABAND CAMP. All ages, both sexes, every shade of complexion,and every variety of character, were found here. Ihad lived on a Southern plantation for two years, inmy early life, and the people and scenes were not asnovel to me as to my companions. They were over-whelmed with astonishment at the intelligence, goodsense, and decorum manifested by all. They hadexpected to see a gathering of half-humanized ba-boons or gorillas, and were not certain that theyought not take with them an interpreter. All withwhom we conversed gave an intelligent and graphicaccount of their escape from slavery, and theirdescriptions of massa and missus revealeda clear insight into character. They admitted thatthey were not in as good condition now as they hadbeen at home, but they expected to have b
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