South After Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock Union Army Nurse 1863-1865 Civil War Hospital Correspondence ~First Edition 2nd Printing

Title: South After Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock from the Army of the Potomac 1863-1865

Author: Cornelia Hancock / Edited by Henrietta Stratton Jaquette

Description: First edition, second printing, July 1937. Pale-blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked, pages crisp. Seven illustrations, including frontispiece. Dust jacket shows light chipping at spine ends and corners (minor tape repairs on reverse); small spot of soiling to center of front panel; not price clipped ($2.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. xiii, 173.

A collection of the letters of Cornelia Hancock (1840-1927), the celebrated volunteer nurse who served the injured and infirmed of the Union Army during the Civil War. Her service lasted from early July 1863 through May 1865.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Place: Philadelphia
Year: 1937

Keywords: Civil War, correspondence, women, civilian relief, civilian war relief, nurses, Union Army, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Contraband Hospital, City Point, hospitals, Virginia, history,