In a reverent and touching biography; Harriet Ward Foote Hawley's life during the Civil War is illuminated for the modern reader. Wife of a Union officer; Harriet could not sit idly by while men were sick; wounded; and dying for their country. She worked in Union hospitals throughout the war while her husband was in combat. Harriet was exposed to every disease that camp life incubated in the soldiers. She came to love them like sons and spoke of them tenderly as "my boys." She was also exposed to the heart-rending sights of torn and broken bodies; and the deaths of many whom she came to love. Yet she stayed on. She attended Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural and wrote of it in letters. She saw Walt Whitman working as a nurse in Armory Hospital. After the war; her husband was elected to Congress and they became part of Washington life. 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; tablets; and smartphones.Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
#7868246 in Books Berson Yury 2015-11-21Original language:RussianPDF # 1 7.81 x .25 x 5.06l; .25 #File Name: 1514211610108 pagesPredki
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