Known as "Aunt Becky" during her service as a nurse in the Civil War, Sarah A. Palmer's experience in that war was bitter and searing. This is one of the most thoughtful and wrenching accounts by a woman close to the battlefield. Written in 1867, the book includes portions of the diary she kept while with the 109th N.Y. Infantry at City Point Hospital near the end of the war.
Originally published as "Aunt Becky's Army Life," the book is a serious look at war that belies the simple, somewhat frivolous original title. She spares the reader nothing, including her own fears and doubts and longing to see the war end. Today, Sarah Palmer would likely be diagnosed with PTSD and the war left her utterly exhausted physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.
For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.
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