Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) [Illustration: S. E. E. Edmonds Engraved by Geo. E. Perine, N. Y. ENGRAVED FOR THE NURSE & SPY.] NURSE AND SPY IN THE UNION ARMY: COMPRISING The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields. By S. EMMA E. EDMONDS. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. Published by Subscription only by W. S. WILLIAMS & CO., HARTFORD, CONN. JONES BROS. & CO., PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI. J. A. STODDARD & CO., CHICAGO, ILL. 1865. Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1864, By W. S. Williams & Company In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, For the District of Connecticut. Printed by Wiley, Waterman, & Eaton, Hartford, Conn. To the Sick and Wounded Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, This Volume Is Respectfully Inscribed BY The Author. EMBELLISHMENTS. PORTRAIT Engraved on Steel by Geo. E. Perine, N. Y. Disguises and other Scenes, Drawn and Engraved on Wood by R. O'Brien, New York. PAGE. PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR, FRONTISPIECE. HOSPITAL TREE AT FAIR OAKS, 17 CATERING FOR HOSPITALS, 94 DISGUISED AS A CONTRABAND, 113 MAKING HOE-CAKE FOR A SICK REBEL, 153 ACTING ORDERLY ON THE BATTLE-FIELD, 178 RIDING FOR LIFE, 217 RELIEF FOR THE FAMISHING, 228 DISGUISED AS FEMALE CONTRABAND, 263 AN INTERESTING PATIENT, 272 PLAYING POSSUM, 295 PAYING A DEBT OF GRATITUDE, 316 BURSTING OF A SHELL IN VICKSBURG, 358 PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. No apology is necessary for adding one more to the numerous "War Books" which already fill a large space in American Literature; for, to the general reader, nothing connected with the Rebellion can be more interesting than the personal experiences of those who have been intimately associated with the different phases of military life, in Camp, Field, and Hospital. The "Nurse and Spy" is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on the field and participated in numerous battles--among which are the first and second Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, the Seven days in front of Richmond, Antietam, and Fredericksburg--serving in the capacity of "Spy" and as "Field Nurse" for over two years. While in the "Secret Service" as a "Spy," which is one of the most hazardous positions in the army--she penetrated the enemy's lines, in various disguises, no less than eleven times; always with complete success and without detection.