MY STORY OF THE WAR:

A WOMANS'S NARRATIVE

OF

FOUR YEARS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

This auction is for an original 1890 edition of "MY STORY OF THE WAR" by Mary A. Livermore.  YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!!! It is filled with adventures and experiences of the author during her four years of duties as a nurse in the Union Army.  It chronicles her relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front during the Great Rebellion.  It is beautifully illustrated with 10 FULL - PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS! This book is very unique compared to other Civil War books of the era because it has 8 CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS!!! Because of the added expense, few books from this period include color plates. And these are especially nice because they show BATTLE FLAGS!!! of the Civil War, including Confederate flags of the Confederacy. They are original designs drawn expressly for this work!

 Published in 1890, this edition is in FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION! for its age and especially to be 119 YEARS OLD!!! ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT!!! and intact. The text block is clean with no markings. The pages have no rips or tears.  There is a previous owner name and blacked out inscription on the front free end pages, otherwise, there are no other markings. The hinges are not cracked however the paper covering the seam is split, exposing gauze in the front. Both hinges appear to have been glued at one time. Expected foxing is present in an antiquarian book of this age. It is mostly present on the margin areas of the illustrations, not much on the printed pages. They remain neat. There are no loose or missing pages! The cosmetic appearance shows wear on the cloth spine.  Despite these disclosures,  this is a solid book offering wonderful reading quality.   It measures 6" X 9" and is complete with 700 pages. GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!!!

No town was too remote from the scene of the War to have its society of relief; and while the women sewed and knit, and made delicacies for the sick, and gathered stores, little girls, scarce old enough to know what the charitable labor meant, went from house to house, collecting small sums of money, -- the fruitful energy of all keeping the storehouses and treasury of the Sanitary Commission full, and pouring a steady stream of beneficence down to our troops in the field. Everywhere there were humble and unknown laborers. But there were others, fine and adventurous spirits, whom the glowing fire of patriotism urged to more noticeable efforts. These are they who followed their husbands and brothers to the field of battle and to rebel prisons; who went down into the very edge of the fight, to rescue the wounded, and cheer and comfort the dying with gentle ministrations; who labored in field and city hospitals, and on the dreadful hospital-boats, where the severely wounded were received; who penetrated the lines of the enemy on dangerous missions; who organized great charities, and pushed on our sanitary enterprises; who were angels of mercy in a thousand terrible situations. There are others who have illustrated, by their courage and address in times of danger, by their patience in suffering, and by adventures romantic and daring, some of the best qualities in our nature. Like the soldiers of armies, they were from every rank in life, and they exhibited a like persistence, endurance, and faith. There are many hundreds of women whose shining deeds have honored their country, and wherever they are known, the nation holds them in equal honor with its brave men. The histories of wars are records of the achievements of men, for the most part. The story of the war will never be fully or fairly written if the achievements of women in it are untold.

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