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Under the guns: a woman's reminiscences of the Civil War

Under the guns: a woman's reminiscences of the Civil War

by Annie Wittenmyer

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Author
Wittenmyer, Annie, 1827-1900
Title
Under the guns : A woman's reminiscences of the Civil War
Original Publication
Boston: E. B. Stillings & Co., 1895.
Credits
David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
Subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Category
Text
eBook-No.
73190
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73190
Release Date
March 17, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.UNDER THE GUNS A WOMAN’S REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.PREFACE.
  7. 7.INTRODUCTION.
  8. 8.CONTENTS.
  9. 9.Untitled
  10. 10.MY FIRST INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL GRANT.
  11. 11.WE HONOR OUR GRAND OLD HEROES.
  12. 12.A BOY SENT BY EXPRESS, C. O. D.
  13. 13.A PERILOUS RIDE.
  14. 14.A WOMAN WOUNDED IN BATTLE.
  15. 15.BRAVING DANGERS.
  16. 16.TWO DREADFUL DAYS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. SHILOH.
  17. 17.JOHNNIE CLEM.
  18. 18.ARMY TRICKS.
  19. 19.GENERAL GRANT’S KINDNESS.
  20. 20.ARMY LIFE AT HELENA, ARKANSAS.
  21. 21.A TERRIBLE STORM AT CHATTANOOGA.
  22. 22.THE WONDERFUL POTATO-PATCH.
  23. 23.SAVED BY LEMONADE.
  24. 24.NOT TIME TO SEND FOR THE COLONEL.
  25. 25.A VISIT TO PARSON BROWNLOW.
  26. 26.A RICH REWARD FOR SERVICES.
  27. 27.SAVED BY A BIRD.
  28. 28.HOW MOTHER BICKERDYKE CUT RED TAPE.
  29. 29.A FIGHTING EDITOR.
  30. 30.THE FIRST SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN THE CIVIL WAR.
  31. 31.RUNNING THE BLOCKADE AT VICKSBURG.
  32. 32.I HAVE THE COMFORTER.
  33. 33.BLOWING UP OF FORT HILL.
  34. 34.GETTING 2,000 SICK AND WOUNDED OUT OF HELENA, ARK.
  35. 35.THE CLOCK AT VICKSBURG.
  36. 36.THE CLOCK AT VICKSBURG.
  37. 37.SHARING POOR QUARTERS WITH DOROTHY L. DIX.
  38. 38.HARDSHIPS OF CAMP-LIFE AT VICKSBURG.
  39. 39.A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
  40. 40.BURSTING OF A SHELL BEHIND MY CARRIAGE.
  41. 41.MEETING A REBEL WOMAN AT NASHVILLE.
  42. 42.VISITING HOSPITALS UNDER THE GUNS.
  43. 43.EXHIBITIONS OF MOTHER-LOVE.
  44. 44.THE SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG.
  45. 45.HEALED SOUL AND BODY.
  46. 46.THE NEW YORK HERALD REPORTER WHO LIVED FOR TWO WORLDS.
  47. 47.I HAVE THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD.
  48. 48.SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD.
  49. 49.VERY TIMELY ARREST.
  50. 50.SAVING THE LIFE OF YOUNG PIKE,
  51. 51.A VISIT FROM GENERAL GRANT AND GENERAL McPHERSON.
  52. 52.LIBERTY HICKS.
  53. 53.TRADING TOBACCO FOR COFFEE.
  54. 54.THE HOSPITALS OF VICKSBURG AT THE TIME OF THE SURRENDER.
  55. 55.A VISIT TO CAPTAIN WALKE’S GUNBOAT.
  56. 56.HOSPITAL ABUSES—PUTTING LOGWOOD IN THE COFFEE.
  57. 57.REMINISCENCE OF GENERAL GRANT.
  58. 58.FRED D. GRANT—THE BRAVE ORDERLY AT VICKSBURG.
  59. 59.THE SAD FATE OF JENNIE WADE.
  60. 60.THE HOSPITAL AT POINT OF ROCKS, VA.
  61. 61.THE SWEET SINGER OF THE HOSPITALS.
  62. 62.A YOUNG NURSE AT GETTYSBURG.
  63. 63.A BUT’FUL GUV’MENT MULE.
  64. 64.COULD YOU GET ME A RAW ONION AND SOME SALT?
  65. 65.MEN WHO COMMANDED THEMSELVES AND DID NOT SWEAR.
  66. 66.HE DIED CHEERING THE FLAG.
  67. 67.HOW PRESIDENT LINCOLN RECEIVED THE NEWS OF SHERIDAN’S VICTORY.
  68. 68.HOW I GOT THE COTTON.
  69. 69.THE SEQUEL TO “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN.”
  70. 70.SECRETARY STANTON’S GENEROUS GIFT.
  71. 71.THE SPECIAL-DIET KITCHEN WORK.
  72. 72.THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC—ITS GLORIES AND ITS DANGERS.
  73. 73.MEMORIAL DAY.
  74. 74.Untitled

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