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Recollections of the Civil War

Chapter 1: RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR FROM A CHILD’S POINT OF VIEW
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The memoir presents a child's vivid memories of living through the Civil War years, recounting a journey to join an ill father serving with the army, experiences in military hospitals and on a battlefield-turned-hospital site, and the author's observations of nursing, scarcity, and civilian disruption. It interweaves family recollection, preserved letters, and sensory detail to describe travel, hospital wards, and community responses, while reflecting on fear, loss, and admiration for the mother's ministrations to the sick and wounded. Episodes are organized chronologically and punctuated by personal reflections that balance concrete incidents with the long-term emotional imprint of wartime childhood.

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Title: Recollections of the Civil War

Author: Maud E. Morrow

Release date: June 14, 2015 [eBook #49215]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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RECOLLECTIONS
 
OF
 
THE CIVIL WAR
 
FROM A CHILD’S POINT OF VIEW

PRICE 50 CENTS

1862

RECOLLECTIONS
OF
THE CIVIL WAR
BY
MAUD E. MORROW

LOCKLAND, OHIO
JOHN C. MORROW
1901
To
The 43d O. V. I. and
to all who were engaged
in the battle of Corinth, and to
every boy who wore the blue,
these pages are
respectfully and patriotically
dedicated by the
Author.