Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Nurse and Spy in the Union Army, credited to Sarah Emma Edmonds, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Nurse and Spy in the Union Army by Sarah Emma Edmonds. Read in English by TriciaG 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. Her efficient labors in the different Hospitals as well as her arduous duties as “Field Nurse,” embrace many thrilling and touching incidents, which are here most graphically described. - Summary from the preface

Recording facts

• Recording title: Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
• Author credits: Sarah Emma Edmonds
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 9:18:03

Catalogue topics

• spy
• disguise
• civil war
• nurse

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 00 - Publisher's Notice — 3:11
2. 01 - I - Commencement of the War — 17:44
3. 02 - II - Marching Orders - Manassas — 19:37
4. 03 - III - The Panic and Retreat — 20:29
5. 04 - IV - Washington After Bull Run — 25:10
6. 05 - V - Visiting the Contrabands — 17:52
7. 06 - VI - Yorktown and Vicinity — 22:54
8. 07 - VII - My Disguise as a Spy — 19:01
9. 08 - VIII - My First Secret Expedition — 17:16
10. 09 - IX - A Battle — 23:10
11. 10 - X - Advance on the Peninsula - The Merrimac — 15:31
12. 11 - XI - I Become an Irish Peddler — 20:59
13. 12 - XII - Another Start for the Rebel Lines — 18:30
14. 13 - XIII - I Act as an Orderly - My Own Disaster — 19:32
15. 14 - XIV - The Hospital Tree — 16:37
16. 15 - XV - Leave of Absence — 14:25
17. 16 - XVI - Battle of Mechanicsville — 18:03
18. 17 - XVII - Malvern Hill - Perilous Position — 21:25
19. 18 - XVIII - I Visit Washington — 24:01
20. 19 - XIX - Dispelling the Blues - Retreat from Richmond — 17:58
21. 20 - XX - Entering the Rebel Lines as a Spy — 18:26
22. 21 - XXI - After Antietam - Camp Life — 19:15
23. 22 - XXII - A Military Execution - A Narrow Escape — 16:21
24. 23 - XXIII - Burnside in Command — 17:22

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