Louisa May Alcott 
Louisa May Alcott: My Memories of the Civil War 

‘My Memoirs of the Civil War’ is a compilation of sketches, memoirs and letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown. While serving as a nurse, Alcott wrote letters to her family in Concord. At the urging of others, she prepared them later for publication.