. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . BETSEY A. COOK. JK 1861, when every heart that beat in unison forthe protection of our country aud the dear oldflag was filled ivith patriotism, we were livingin Augusta, 111. My husband enlisted in July,in the 2d Illinois Cavalry, and went to the army,while I returned to my fathers, in Jackson. InSeptember my husband wrote, asking me if I wouldgo there as nurse in Delanoes Dragoons. I repliedthat I would, and soon rece
. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . BETSEY A. COOK. JK 1861, when every heart that beat in unison forthe protection of our country aud the dear oldflag was filled ivith patriotism, we were livingin Augusta, 111. My husband enlisted in July,in the 2d Illinois Cavalry, and went to the army,while I returned to my fathers, in Jackson. InSeptember my husband wrote, asking me if I wouldgo there as nurse in Delanoes Dragoons. I repliedthat I would, and soon received an appointmentand transportation. I went from Grass Lake toFort Halt, Kentucky, across the river from Cairo,arriving there about the middle of October. DoctorKendall was in charge of the hospital, and I servedunder him all the time I was with the army. We all lived in tents, and used one for a hospital,until November, when they built cabins for winterquarters. A room was prepared for the sick, and wegot along very well till some time in January, whenthe water rose and covered the ground so that no onecould get out at all who did not wear cavalry we were ob
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