Six Weeks a Nurse: An Interview With Sarah Elizabeth Simcox
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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11m
Sarah Elizabeth Simcox’s Civil War story reveals love, loss, and resilience—leaving home to find her wounded husband to a hospital, nursing soldiers, and enduring widowhood after his death in Confederate prison. Here's her story.
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