Contents vii Historical Background: Hospital Sketches and Taking Care of the Wounded and the Rights of Women, 111 About Louisa May Alcott, 115 Why We Read Hospital Sketches, 115 Historical Explorations of Hospital Sketches, 117 Documenting Hospital Sketches, 120 The State of Military Medicine during the American Civil War, 120 Document: The Evolution of Preventative Medicine in the United States Army, 1607–1939, 121 Document: Grant of Powers from the President and the Sec[retary] of War (Approved by General Scott), 1861, 132 The Rights of Women and the Service of Women in the War, 148 Document: “The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,” Seneca Falls Conference, 1848, 149 Document: “A Petition for Universal Suffrage,” 1866, 152 Document: Women in the War, Frank Moore, 1866, 153 Suggested Readings, 163 4 The Civil War Poetry of Walt Whitman and Herman Melville, 165 Synopsis of Whitman’s Drum-Taps (1865) and Civil War Poems, “The Wound Dresser” and “O Captain! My Captain,” 165 Historical Background: Whitman’s Drum-Taps Capturing the Soul of the Soldier and the Nation, 167 About Walt Whitman, 168 Why We Read Drum-Taps, 169 Historical Explorations of Walt Whitman’s Poetry, 172 Documenting Walt Whitman’s War Poetry, 175 The Suffering of the Nation, 175 Document: “The Great Crisis of the Nation,” 1861, 175 Document: “Fredericksburg,” 1863, 177 Document: “A Letter for a Wounded Soldier,” Walt Whitman, 1865, 178
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