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Memoir of Susie King Taylor: A Civil War Nurse
Written by Pamela Dell
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Susie King Taylor, born a slave in 1848, would learn to read at secret schools and go on to teach countless others to read and write. Follow the course of the Civil War in her own words as she remembers her work as a nurse and teacher with an Army troop of African-American soldiers.
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