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CUMMING, Kate. A Journal of Hospital Life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee from the Battle of Shiloh to the End of the War. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co., 1866.
Estimate: $500-$700
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American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Location
Cincinnati
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CUMMING, Kate. A Journal of Hospital Life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee from the Battle of Shiloh to the End of the War. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co., 1866. 


8vo. (Some spotting and soiling, portion of lower corner of final blank leaf torn away.) Original blind-stamped olive cloth, spine gilt-lettered (lacking small portions of spine ends, wear to joints, spine and extremities fading, some rubbing). Provenance: Putnam & Malone (booksellers' stamp, Mobile, AL, 29 May 1866). 

FIRST EDITION of Cumming's work, "by far the fullest and most informative of narratives of the Confederate women who served as nurses" (In Tall Cotton 31). Howes C-949. 

This lot is located in Cincinnati.