A woman's war record, 1861-1865

Chapter 2: DEDICATION.

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A first-person memoir recounts a woman’s continuous volunteer service at the front during the Civil War, portraying daily life in army camps, travel hazards, hospital work, and close observations of military society. It interweaves vivid anecdotes of parades, music, cooks, and mess life with narrow escapes, caregiving episodes, and portraits of comrades and officers. The narrative is episodic and practical, documenting routines, personal risks, and the emotional texture of prolonged wartime service while reflecting on loyalty, resilience, and the small domestic details that sustained life amid conflict.

DEDICATION.

TO HER WHOSE TEACHINGS AND EXAMPLE MOULDED MY
CHILDHOOD, WHOSE BLESSINGS AND WHOSE PRAYERS
FOLLOWED AND SUSTAINED ME IN MATURE LIFE,
AND WHOM GOD I HOPE WILL SPARE FOR
MANY AND MANY A YEAR THAT I MAY
HAVE TIME TO PAY HER A TITHE OF
THE GRATITUDE AND LOVE I OWE
HER,—MY DEAR SWEET MOTHER,—I
DEDICATE THESE
FEW BRIEF INCIDENTS
OF MY ARMY LIFE.

July, 1889. Septima M. Collis.