THE BOYS IN WHITE;; The experience of a Hospital Agent in and around Washington
first edition
1870 · NY
by WHEELOCK, Julia S.
NY: Lange & Hillman, 1870. First Edition. 8vo,pp. vii, [3], [9] - 274, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Inserted plate p. 58. Spine faded, a very good. Per Nevins, "One of the better, straightforward accounts of life in Federal hospitals; Miss Wheelock was stationed through the last three years of the war at Alexandria, VA. Wheelock was part of the Michigan Relief Association and brought supplies to and wrote letters for soldiers in hospitals/field hospitals. The Michigan troops that she encountered were from the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th cavalry, the 1st--8th and 16th, 20th. 24th and 26th Infantry. (Inventory #: 55600)