Memoirs of a soldier, nurse, and spy : a woman's adventures in the Union Army / Sara Emma Edmonds ; introduction and annotations by Elizabeth D. Leonard.

Originally published: Nurse and spy in the Union Army. Hartford, Conn. : Williams, 1865.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260) and index.

1. What Part Am I to Act in This Great Drama?.-- 2. Marching Orders Received To-Day.-- 3. How Shall I Describe the Scene?.-- 4. When General McClellan Took Command.-- 5. A Fair Specimen of Virginia Mud.-- 6. Her Name was Alice M.-- 7. I Had Known Him Almost From Childhood.-- 8. My First Secret Expedition.-- 9. The Ghastly Faces of the Wounded and Dying.-- 10. The Annihilation of the Merrimac.-- 11. A New Disguise Was Necessary.-- 12. I Now Resumed My Journey.-- 13. Acting Orderly for General K.--14. A Terrible Slaughter.-- 15. Many an Hour I Have Worked and Watched.-- 16. Yellins as They Came.-- 17. A Most Sublime Spectacle .--18. My Turn to Visit Washington.-- 19. My Constant Companion.--20. I Am Not What I Seem.--21. The Pleasantest, Happiest Hours of My Life.-- 22. A Military Execution and a Dreary Ride.-- 23. A Sad Day for the Army of the Potomac.-- 24. More Quiet and Less Dangerous Duties.-- 25. To Act as Detective.-- 26. A Specimen of Moral Sublimity.-- 27. I Have the Honor to Propose to You an Armistice.-- 28. Exhausted and Weak as a Child.-- 29. I Recall Those Thrilling Scenes .-- 30. Now That the Time Has Come.

As an infantry soldier and "male nurse", Sarah Edmonds chronicles the horrors of Civil War hospitals and the simple pastimes of camp life. Throughout her memoirs, this storyteller reveals her courage, dedication to the Union, and resourcefulness in sustaining her complicated masquerade.