A Quaker nurse's personal Civil War letters reveal trials, tragedies, and steadfast devotion to relieving the sick and wounded.

Cornelia Hancock's Civil War: A Heart Touched by Fire, From Gettysburg to the Grand Review, recounts the story and service of a young Quaker Civil War nurse through her own words. Hancock wrote some of the most fascinating, compelling correspondence of the war. Her letters allow today's readers to experience the trials and tragedies of the American Civil War through the eyes of this young, dedicated woman who fearlessly devoted herself to relieving the suffering of the sick and wounded.