The Cruel Side of War; with the Army of the Potomac; Letters from the Headquarters of the United States Sanitary Commission During the Peninsular Campaign in Virginia in 1862
Boston: Roberts, 1898. Small Octavo. Item #026085
ix, 210 pages, frontispiece, index. Previously printed in small type under the title: The Other Side of War, this is one of the most useful accounts of the Peninsular Campaign of 1862. What makes this so important is its personal aspect as a woman faces the sad every day, hour-by-hour of dealing with the wounded and dying. One of the biggest concerns for those about to die was the fear not of death but that their families wouldn't know. Early on in the war, men asked for their names to be sewn on their uniforms with notes pinned on just in case. Another detail she notes is how the men who experienced the horror of the Battle of Malvern Hill laying wounded had to recount it. A near fine copy bound in dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt, small private shelf sticker to front pastedown. [Nevins, I, 112].
Price: $145.00