Cornelia Hancock

South After Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock, 1863-1865 is a collection of letters written by Cornelia Hancock, a young woman who served as a nurse during the American Civil War. The letters cover the period from 1863 to 1865, and document Hancock's experiences working in hospitals and on the front lines of battles in Virginia and North Carolina. The book provides a unique perspective on the war, as Hancock was one of the few women who served in this capacity. Her letters offer insight into the daily life of a Civil War nurse, as well as the physical and emotional toll that the war took on those who served. The book also includes historical context and annotations to help readers better understand the events and people mentioned in the letters. Overall, South After Gettysburg is an important historical document that sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Civil War and the role of women in it. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

She was called "The Florence Nightingale of America." From the fighting at Gettysburg to the capture of Richmond, this young Quaker nurse worked tirelessly to relieve the suffering of soldiers. She was one of the great heroines of the Union. Cornelia Hancock served in field and evacuating hospitals, in a contraband camp, and (defying authority) on the battlefield. Her letters to family members are witty, unsentimental, and full of indignation about the neglect of wounded soldiers and black refugees. Hancock was fiercely devoted to the welfare of the privates who had "nothing before them but hard marching, poor fare, and terrible fighting."

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.