Mother Bickerdyke - Her Life and Labors for the Relief of Our Soldiers, Sketches of Battle Scenes and Incidents of the Sanitary Service #260852

But memory is frail, the present generation will soon pass away, while the heroic deeds of this remarkable woman are too precious to go out in oblivion. It has been a work of pleasure and gratification on the part of the publisher to secure the facts and thrilling incidents of this noble life, and crystallize them into a permanent shape for the example and inspiration of future generations.