Antique U.S. Military Accounts Featuring "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army"
Item Details
A collection of antique books featuring accounts of United States military exploits. This collection features the memoir Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps and Battle-Fields (Hartford, CT: W. S. Williams & Co, 1865) by S. Emma E. Edmonds, a woman who famously dressed as a man to serve as a soldier and spy for the Union during the Civil War. This collection also includes The Glory of America: Comprising Memoirs of the Lives and Glorious Exploits of the Some of the Distinguished Officers Engaged in the Late War With Great Britain by R. Thomas, A. M. (New York: Ezra Strong, 1834) and The Story of the Guard: A Chronicle of the War by Jessie Benton Fremont (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863), as well as a volume containing Volume VI. of The Southern Review (July 1869).
| Binding | Leather |
| Number of Books | 4 |
Condition
- heavy cover wear and water damage to Glory of America
heavy cover wear, broken hinges and loose binding to Nurse and Spy; front cover missing from Southern Review, some wear, tears and folding of pages; some page yellowing and foxing; general shelf wear throughout consistent with age.
Dimensions
- measures The Story of the Guard.
Item #
17ATL033-087
