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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: When Lincoln Met Wisconsin's Nightingale Subtitle: Cordelia Harvey's Campaign for Civil War Soldier Care Author: Daniel L. Stika Narrator: Daniel L. Stika Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 12-10-13 Publisher: Tate Out Loud Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: During the American Civil War, disease and infection, caused by poor medical care and lack of proper hygiene, were the main causes of death to both Confederate and Union soldiers. Why, then, were there no adequate facilities to care for these men? That is the question Cordelia Harvey sought to answer. Join author Daniel L. Stika as he examines the work of Wisconsin's Nightingale, Cordelia Harvey. As a tireless campaigner for improved medical care for Civil War soldiers, Harvey inspects battlefield hospitals and takes her reports of squalor and death all the way to the White House. Throughout the course of