Books in the Civil War series

Before "Little Women" brought her wider fame, Alcott achieved recognition for her accounts of her work as a volunteer nurse in an army hospital. Written during the winter of 1862-63, her lively dispatches revealed the desperate realities of battlefield medicine as well as the tentative first steps of women in military service.

Wartime letters include correspondence of both Union and Confederate sympathizers and soldiers of all ranks. Authentic period photos accompany insightful letters Lincoln, several generals, Whitman, Alcott, and lesser-known individuals.