Memoirs
128 books
War & Military
909
Sarah Emma Edmonds - Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
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...
9 hours 18 minutes
War & Military
414
Kate John Finzi - Eighteen Months in the War Zone: A Record of a Woman's Work on the Western Front
«But it is not for those who heard the call in the later months so much as in memory of those early heroes of Mons, who knew the bitterness of a valiant retreat, the horror of forced marches along parched roads, with...
5 hours 13 minutes
War & Military
407
Flora Sandes - English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army
Flora Sandes was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St. John Ambulance volunteer, she traveled to Serbia, where, in the confusion of war, she was formally enrolled in...
2 hours 58 minutes
Memoirs
443
Osborne Perry Anderson - Voice From Harper's Ferry
A Voice from Harper's Ferry is the abolitionist testament of Osborne Perry Anderson, the only surviving black participant in the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry organized by John Brown. The book details the motivations and...
2 hours 22 minutes
*Non-fiction
449
John L. Ransom - Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead
John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. This is his diary...
8 hours 32 minutes
