Reminiscences of My Life in Camp
By Susie King Taylor
Length2h
About this audiobook
Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war.
Reminiscences of My Life in Camp is an autobiographical work written by the first Black nurse during the American Civil War, Susie King Taylor. This exceptional reading depicts author's life as a slave, a freed woman, an educator and nurse, and a Black woman living in the postwar South.
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GenreHistory
Length2 hrs
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 5, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Reminiscences of My Life in Camp
2PREFACE
3INTRODUCTION
4LETTER FROM COL. C. T. TROWBRIDGE
5I A BRIEF SKETCH OF MY ANCESTORS
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6II MY CHILDHOOD
7III ON ST. SIMON'S ISLAND 1862
8IV CAMP SAXTON--PROCLAMATION AND BARBECUE 1863
9V MILITARY EXPEDITIONS, AND LIFE IN CAMP
10VI ON MORRIS AND OTHER ISLANDS
11VII CAST AWAY
12VIII A FLAG OF TRUCE
13IX CAPTURE OF CHARLESTON
14X MUSTERED OUT
15XI AFTER THE WAR
16XII THE WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS
17XIII THOUGHTS ON PRESENT CONDITIONS
18XIV A VISIT TO LOUISIANA
19APPENDIX
20A LIST OF THE BATTLES FOUGHT BY THE THIRTY-THIRD U. S. COLORED TROOPS, FORMERLY FIRST S. C. VOLUNTEERS.
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