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1865 1ed CIVIL WAR Nurse & Spy in Union Army Women

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1865 1ed CIVIL WAR Nurse & Spy in Union Army Women: 1865 1ed CIVIL WAR Nurse & Spy in Union Army Women Nursing Bull Run Antietam Battles Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 – 1898), was a Canadian-born woman who is known for serving as a man with the Union Army

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1865 NURSE & SPY in UNION ARMY antique CIVIL WAR ERA ILLUSTRATED EMMA EDMONDS: NURSE & SPY in UNION ARMY Hartford, Conn.; 1865 Comprising The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman In Hospitals, Camps, and Battlefield. First Edition. Size 6 by 8 1/4" Publisher's brown embossed cl

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1865 1ed Tecumseh Sherman Campaigns Civil War Tactics: 1865 1ed Tecumseh Sherman Campaigns Civil War Tactics Union Army Illustrated MAPS “It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for bl

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1865 1ed General Sherman Campaigns Civil War Tactics: 1865 1ed General Sherman Campaigns Civil War Tactics Union Army Illustrated MAPS “It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blo

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1875 1ed General W Tecumseh Sherman Civil War Tactics: 1875 1ed General W Tecumseh Sherman Civil War Tactics Union Army Personal Memoirs “It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for bl

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1865 1ed Life of Pauline Cushman Civil War Union SPY: 1865 1ed Life of Pauline Cushman Civil War Union SPY America Espionage Sarmiento Pauline Cushman was a 19th-century American actress known primarily as a Union spy during the Civil War. After being fi

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1864 1ed Civil War Potomac & Rapidan Quint Slaves: 1864 1ed Civil War Potomac & Rapidan Quint Slaves Confederate Tennessee Union Army Alonzo Quint was a Massachusetts Infantry Chaplain and wrote for the ‘Congregationalist’. ‘Potomac and the Rapi

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1879 1ed Civil War General Benjamin Butler New Orleans: 1879 1ed Civil War General Benjamin Butler New Orleans Louisiana America Known as ‘Beast’, Benjamin Butler was a major general in the Union army who is best remembered for directing the first Unio

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1879 1ed Civil War New Orleans Life of Benjamin Butler: 1879 1ed Civil War New Orleans Life of Benjamin Butler Louisiana America Bland Known as ‘Beast’, Benjamin Butler was a major general in the Union army who is best remembered for directing the firs

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1864 1ed Potomac & Rapidan Quint Civil War Slaves: 1864 1ed Potomac & Rapidan Quint Civil War Slaves Confederate Tennessee Union Army Alonzo Quint was a Massachusetts Infantry Chaplain and wrote for the Congregationalist. ‘Potomac and the Rapidan’

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1868 Civil War 1ed Benjamin Butler American Cyclops: 1868 Civil War 1ed Benjamin Butler American Cyclops Union Army Volck ART ‘The American Cyclops’ by James Fairfax McLaughlin is a satirical story on the life of notorious Union army general Benjami

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1868 1ed SIGNED Lieutenant Flagler Union Army Civil War: 1868 1ed SIGNED Lieutenant Flagler Union Army Civil War New York Officers Register This Civil War-era United States register was a complete list of Union Army officers from the state of New York. Each

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1865 1ed CIVIL WAR Nurse & Spy in Union Army Women

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1865 1ed CIVIL WAR Nurse & Spy in Union Army Women Nursing SOLDIER PROVENANCE

Sarah Emma Edmonds was a Canadian known for serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War disguised as a man. ‘Nurse and Spy’ is a record of events during military life in the camp, fields, and hospitals of the Civil War. Edmonds participated in numerous battles, including Bull Run, Williamsburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg, in the capacity of "Spy" and as "Field Nurse" for over two years. While acting as a spy, she infiltrated the enemy's lines at least eleven times without detection.

This rare first printing is complete with the 12 illustrations by R. O’Brien and features the portrait of Edmonds engraved on steel by Geo. E. Perine.

Item number: #11478

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EDMONDS, Emma E

Nurse and spy in the Union army: comprising the adventures and experiences of a woman in hospitals, camps, and battlefields

Hartford, Conn.: Published by subscription only by W.S. Williams & Co.; Philadelphia and Cincinnati: Jones Bros. & Co.; Chicago, Ill.: J.A. Stoddard & Co., 1865. First Edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages

384, [2]

9 engravings

Provenance: Handwritten – Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Stewart, 1865

HD Stewart was a Union Soldier in the 27th Infantry B Company

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Size: ~8.5in X 6in (21.5cm x 15cm)

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