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Tending to the army's sick and wounded meant leading a life her mother does not understand and giving up a handsome and approved suitor. Yet Charlotte chooses a life of service over privilege, just as her childhood friend had done when he became a military doctor. She soon discovers that... read more
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Characters/People edit
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- Maggie
- Jonathan Letterman
- Private Simmons
- Mary Lincoln
- Aiden
- Maurice Fontaine
- Charles Tripler
- Matthew O'Flannery
- Bertha
- Robert E. Lee
- Fiona
- Mr. Lewis Pease
- Henry Bellows
- George B. McClellan
- Mother
- Caroline Waverly
- Meghan
- Dr. Wiggins
- Potter Hatch
- Mrs. Harriet Dowell
- Dr. Gurley
- Mrs. Hatch
- Jacob Phineas
- Miss Charlotte Waverly
- Ethel
- Dr. Elisha Harris
- Mitchell Nelson
- Bridget
- Mr. Fitzburg
- Hannah Stevenson
- Mrs. Jacob Carlisle
- Dr. Murray
- Fanny Hatch
- Mrs. Christine Kean Griffin
- Dr. Caleb Lansing
- Willie Lincoln
- William Hammond
- Charlotte 's
- Willard
- Phineas Huckleberry
- Miss Dix
- Mrs. Moore
- Mrs. Phineas Hastings
- Frederick Knapp
- Cora Carter
- Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
- Mr. Edward Goodrich
- Finley
- Mr. Knapp
- Harrison
- Georgeanna Woolsey Bacon
- Jane E. Women
- Mrs. Ruby O'Flannery
- Mr. Phillip Dorsheimer
- Mr. Phineas Hastings
- Agnes Teresa
- Charles Waverly
- Dr. Robert Ware
- Emma Connors
- Daniel Webster
- Anna Moore
- Potts
- Nathan
- Hodges
- Josephine Lightfoot
- Dorothea Dix
- Dickens
- Dr. Winston Markoe
- Miss Emily Blackwell
- Dr. Judson
- Mrs. Alice Carlisle
- Adam Briggs
- Marty
- Mr. Lincoln
- Simon Levitz
- Frederick Olmsted Jr.
Setting & Locations edit
- Charlotte Waverly
- New York City
- Washington City
- Virginia
- White House Landing
- Alexandria
- Central Park
- Ireland
- Columbian College Hospital
- Pamunkey River
- New York Hospital
- Armory Square Hospital
- Richmond
- Manhattan
- Washington Infirmary
- Fishkill
- Connecticut
- England
- Caleb Lansing
First Sentence edit
When Charlotte and Alice told their mother they were taking the omnibus down Broadway, they weren't lying.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Heroines Behind the Lines. (standard series)
Followed by Widow of Gettysburg (Heroines Behind the Lines) .
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jocelyn Green (Author)
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