Heroines of Mercy Street: the real nurses of the Civil War

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Tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia hotel turned wartime hospital, and the setting for the PBS show Mercy Street -- Publisher's description.;Foreword -- Introduction -- Dorothea Dix goes to war -- The army is unprepared -- Volunteers -- Nurses on the hospital transport ships -- Arriving at Mansion House Hospital == Learning by experience -- Becoming indispensible -- Leaving Mansion house Hospital -- Reporting back to duty -- After the war -- Afterword: a different viewpoint -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Suggestions for furtherr reading -- Index. Foreword -- Introduction -- Dorothea Dix goes to war -- The army is unprepared -- Volunteers -- Nurses on the hospital transport ships -- Arriving at Mansion House Hospital == Learning by experience -- Becoming indispensible -- Leaving Mansion house Hospital -- Reporting back to duty -- After the war -- Afterword: a different viewpoint -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Suggestions for furtherr reading -- Index.