During the Civil War, more than five thousand women served the Union cause as army nurses. In 1895 Mary Gardner Holland collected these reminiscences, reprinted here for the first time. In this book, you will read the stories of one hundred of these women, often in their own voice. Some are well-known--Clara Barton, Mary Livermore, Dorothea Dix, and Mother Bickerdyke. Others served their country, often heroically, and returned home to a quiet life. The women recall a time when their work made a difference. One nurse, Vesta Swartz, wrote, "The war for the preservation of the Union...did much to advance the best interests of women. It created a necessity for her labor in new and untried ways. It gave her an opportunity to prove her ability...and cultivate true courage." OUR ARMY NURSES provides a rich picture of the role of women in the Civil War. The impact of their stories, Frank Freeman writes in Microbes and Minie Balls, "... is quite moving."

Originally published: Boston, Mass. : B. Wilkins, 1895. Includes index. Originally published: Boston, Mass. : B. Wilkins & Co., 1895.

Mary G. Holland -- Maria Abbey -- Susan Babcock -- Martha Baker -- Lauraetta Balch -- Lucy Barron -- Clara Barton -- Mary Bell -- Mary Bickerdyke -- Mrs. M.J. Boston -- Mary Briggs -- Eunice Brown -- Sophronia Bucklin -- Mary Buncher -- Caroline Burghardt -- Belle Coddington -- Emily Cone -- Betsey Cook -- Elizabeth Cope -- Susan Cox -- Harriet Dame -- Mary Darling -- Dorothea Dix -- Mrs. L.B. Downs -- Jane Dunbar -- Lois Dunbar -- Kate Duncan -- Elizabeth Ellis -- Mary Ellis -- Annie Etheridge -- Delia Bartlett Fay -- Amanda Felch -- Elida Fowle -- Emma French -- Alice Frush -- Elizabeth Gibson -- Helen Gilson -- Nancy Gross -- Margaret Hamilton -- M.V. Harkin -- Fannie Harper -- Margaret Hayes -- Nancy Hill -- Lauretta Hoisington -- Clara Hoyt -- Elizabeth Hunt -- Elizabeth Hyatt -- Martha Jennison -- Estelle Johnson -- Lucy Kaiser -- Louisa Kamp -- Mary Knowles -- Mary Livermore -- Mary Loomis -- Elizabeth Lucas -- Margaret Mackey -- Ellen Marsh -- Elvira Mason -- Rena Miner -- Hannah Moir -- Mary Moore -- Janette Morrill -- Matilda Morris -- G'mother Newcomb -- Elizabeth Nichols -- Hannah Palmer -- Mary Perkins -- Adeliza Perry -- Rebecca Pomeroy -- Mary Pringle -- Mother Ransom -- Pamela Reid -- Selener Richards -- Ann Maria Schram -- Harriet Scott -- Hannah Sheppard -- Emma Simonds -- Ruth Sinnotte -- Sisters of Charity -- Sisters of Holy Cross -- Helen Smith -- Sarah Sprague -- Adelaide Spurgeon -- Hannah Starbird -- Mary Stinebaugh -- Vesta Swarts -- Elizabeth Thompson -- Fanny Titus Hazen -- Julia Tompkins -- Mary Venard -- Elizabeth Ward -- Mary Watson -- Margaret Weed -- Modenia Weston -- Elizabeth Wheeler -- Cecelia White -- Rebecca Wiswell -- Jane Worrall.