Faces of Civil War Nurses( Ronald S. Coddington-MD) hospitals Grant tried for months to

Grant tried for months to capture the Confederate Mississippi River bastion

"At some level most of us are afraid of our own mortality

Georgia—as evidence of the cruelty and barbarity of the Confederacy

"But this time

Faces of Civil War Nurses( Ronald S. Coddington-MD) hospitals Grant tried for months toby Ronald S. Coddington A collection of rare archival images and biographical sketches of the dauntless women who served as nurses and caregivers during the Civil War. During the American Civil War, women on both sides of the conflict, radiating patriotic fervor equal to their male counterparts, contributed to the war effort in countless ways: forming charitable societies, becoming nurses, or even marching off to war as vivandires, unofficial attachs