an imperfect union
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An Imperfect Union
New Civil War novel,by Georgiann Baldino
When Dr. Fred Dudley is wounded at Gettysburg, Cornelia Hancock risks her life and reputation to care for him and other Union soldiers. An Imperfect Union is the timeless story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Author Georgiann Baldino tells the story of two real people, a doctor and nurse, serving at some of the worst battles.
Frederick DudleyCommissioned Assistant Surgeon,
August 1862
History of the Fourteenth Regiment, Connecticut Vol. Infantry, Charles Davis Page, Horton Printing Company, 1906
Battle of South MountainSeptember, 1862 ˗ over 3100 men
wounded
Antietam Cemetery in foreground, South Mountain in background - gap shows location of Signal Station during battle.LC-DIG-ppmsca-32885
AntietamSeptember, 1862 ˗ over 18,000 men
wounded
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Winter Camp, Belle PlainDisease killed many more men than
battle wounds
"Pine Cottage", Civil War soldiers winter quarters LC-DIG-ppmsca-33090
Battle of FredericksburgDecember, 1862 ˗ 18,000 casualties for
both sides
Battle of Fredericksburg, Currier & Ives, 1862.LC-USZC4-3365
Fred Dudley promoted to SurgeonApril 2, 1863
Dudley’s Military Service Record, obtained from the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Battle at ChancellorsvilleUNION CASUALTIES
1,694 killed
9,672 wounded
5,938 missing
17,304 total
Fred is wounded at GettysburgJuly 2, 1863
Aid station depicted at the National Civil War Medical Museum, Frederick, MD
Cornelia HancockVolunteer nurse, July 7, 1863
Because she was too young to qualify as an army nurse, Cornelia hid in a baggage car bound for Gettysburg, where she cared for sick and wounded men July and August of 1863.
Fred and Cornelia met at Gettysburg, the War’s bloodiest battle
Gettysburg had over 100 temporary field hospitals after the battle..
During Fred’s medical leave, Cornelia served at a hospital for freed slaves.
Slaves free by the progress of the Union army fled north. LC-DIG-stereo-1s02760
After Fred recovers, he sends for Cornelia.. Brandy Station winter encampment, 1864
Gettysburg had over 100 temporary field hospitals after the battle.
They both serve at the Wilderness.
The depot hospital at City Point
City Point, Virginia became the Union army’s largest depot. The hospital there covered 200 acres and could hold 10,000 patients.
Fred was captured and held in Libby Prison
As a surgeon, Fred was a noncombatant and should have been released, yet in 1864 prisoner exchanges had broken down, and he remained imprisoned for ten weeks.
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Paroled January of 1865
Library of Congress Catalog Number 86692308
Siege of Petersburg
Library of Congress Catalog Number 86692308
Fall of RichmondCornelia was one of the first northern women to enter Richmond after the Confederate army evacuated.
Grand Review, May 1865
Cornelia watched northern armies on parade from President Johnson’s stand in Washington, D.C.
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Fred and Cornelia’s growing affection growing affection foreach other, against a backdrop of carnage, creates a inspiring work of fiction.
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