S. Emma E. Edmonds

Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battlefields S. Emma E. Edmonds

Nurse and Spy is a record of events which transpired in the experience of military life in Camp, Field and Hospital during the Civil War. The author participated in numerous battles, including Bull Run, Williamsburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg, in the capacity of "Spy" and as "Field Nurse" for over two years.

While in the "Secret Service" as a "Spy", she penetrated the enemy's lines, in various disguises, no less than eleven times; always with complete success and without detection. Her efficient labors in the different Hospitals as well as her arduous duties as "Field Nurse", embrace many thrilling and touching incidents.