Image: Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry (1899) (14781592684)

Description: Identifier: herotalesofameri00buel_0 (find matches) Title: Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry Year: 1899 (1890s) Authors: Buel, James W. (James William), 1849-1920 Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Century manufacturing company Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: ; : v V. L___ L THE LAST ONE ON BOARD—UNITED STATES TROOPS LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO FOP MANILA, MAY 25, 1898. BRAVE WOMAN NURSES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. 353 BRAVE WOMAN NURSES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. By Hannah Perrixe Westfall. AT dawn on April 6, 1863, the battle of Shiloh began. The cannon-ading shook the earth where we were. The Union forces weredriven back by the Confederates under General Albert SidneyJohnston. The surgeons gave us orders to prepare for tremendouswoik, but none of us had any idea of what the battle would mean for thehospital corps. At about ten oclock the wounded began arriving at ourhospital tents in the rear of the army of the Ohio, under the command ofGeneral Sherman. We had labored like beavers for five hours makingready, as far as possible, for expeditious work, when the wounded soldiersbegan to come. While the cannon boomed, and cavalry and artillery ad-vanced and retreated over in the forest a mile away, we set up cots in tents,got out old clothes, sorted o Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry (1899) (14781592684)
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Author: Buel, James W. (James William), 1849-1920
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