Description
First edition of Our Army Nurses, compiled by Mary A. Gardner Holland.
Octavo, 600pp. Brown cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt and black illustration stamped on front cover. Solid text block, lightly rubbed edges. Dampstain along bottom of text block, most prevalent to corner of front few leaves. Lacking frontispiece. Nearly 100 illustrations throughout, both in text and full plates. (Nevins I: 105)
Biographical tributes to a host of women who served and sacrificed as volunteer nurses in the Union armies. – Nevins