Confederate Nurse The Diary of Ada W. Bacot, 1860-1863

"An entertaining & illuminating book ..." --Southern Historian. "Bacot's diary provides fascinating insights both into extraordinary events & into everyday life... Jean V. Berlin does a superb job of both annotating & analyzing the text." --Georgia Historical Quarterly. Although the Civil War was the first major American conflict in which women nurses played a significant role, the dearth of information about these women makes the diary of a Southern medical worker an especially important document. A Confederate Nurse records the daily experiences, hardships, & joys of Ada W. Bacot, a plantation owner & childless widow whose Southern patriotism prompted her to leave her native South Carolina to care for wounded Confederates in Charlottesville, Virginia. Bacot's journal sheds light on her own experiences & also on the themes that dominated the lives of Southern white women throughout the nineteenth century. A Confederate Nurse reveals the Confederate nationalism that motivated some Southern women & the work these women performed to sustain the war effort.Berlin, Jean V. is the author of 'Confederate Nurse The Diary of Ada W. Bacot, 1860-1863' with ISBN 9781570033865 and ISBN 1570033862.