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With Courage and Delicacy: Civil War on the Peninsula: Women and the U.S. Sanitary Commission Hardcover – November 21, 1999

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The U.S. Sanitary Commission was a volunteer medical and relief organization during the Civil War, in which women played a significant role. The author draws on the letters of women serving in McClellan's Peninsula campaign of 1862 to integrate social, cultural and military history into a gripping narrative.

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240 pages
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English
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Da Capo Press
Publication date

November 21, 1999
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6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
ISBN-10

1882810392
ISBN-13

978-1882810390
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Press (November 21, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1882810392
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1882810390
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,335,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #797 in U.S. Civil War Women's History
- #2,695 in Civil War Campaigns & Battlefields History
- #5,542 in American Civil War Biographies (Books)

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D. Matthews

A good read.

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Used for research. A good read.

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Kathleen Pickrell

Historical perspective of women in the Civil War

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2010

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I purchased this book because of interest in the role of Civil War nurses, in general, and the Sanitation Commission's role, in particular. I found the book to be informative from the perspective of women who participated. The most interesting information came from the women themselves. While we read about the preparations, the men, and the subsequent battles, we do not have a clear behind-the-scenes picture. This book presents that perspective. The only criticism I have of the book is the writing style. It suffers from "which syndrome." Too much use of "which" became an obstacle for me. I pulled out my old copy of Strunk & White to see if this was just my problem and found support for the argument that too many "whiches" may have spoiled this broth. I recommend this book for reading for the material it presents.

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Nancy Garrison

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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2002

I appreciate Sister Estelle's review. Please read it...
In the case of nurses Wormeley, Woolsey and Howland, we have to believe that indeed they did not "pick up a musket, drenched in sweat and driven by the Glory of God drive a bayonet deep into a Rebel chest." Sweaty these women were; but not through the use of arms. That some women did resort to violence, I have no doubt; although I question whether "the Glory of God" had anything to do with it.
"With Courage and Delicacy" is a history, not a romance, and as a historian I was obligated to "tell it like it was." These nurses did not respond to their circumstances with violence, but rather with compassion - and they did not seek glory. If they chose to serve through nursing, not riding and fencing, so be it. I respectfully take issue with Sister when she suggests that writing the truth "perpetuates a stereotype".

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Sr. Estelle Bounginalleva

Unfortunate Stereotypes

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2001

Are we to believe that women are and were limited to glory gained through antisepsis? Did not one of these women pick up a musket or, drenched in sweat and driven by the Glory of God drive a bayonet deep into a Rebel chest after seeing the glow of youth snuffed from a Union boy? Affluent woment like these were skilled at fencing, riding and were often strong of spirit and no stranger to whiskey. The author has merely repeated the "santitized" version of their service, for no contemporary scribe dare record the valor of the "weaker sex" and by the emphasis of this book, perpeturates this error.

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