Time No Longer Standing Still

Ginny Dye wrote a series of books describing the Civil War, Southern side, from "Storm Clouds" to 1866. The principal character works as a volunteer @ Chimborazo. It is eye-opening! A lot of discussion of the political issues of the day, including women's rights in addition to slaves and states' rights. Look on Amazon. Very good series.

I'm sure it is hard to put those down once you crack one open. Did you find these at an antique store or buy them online? I agree that while the time periods are very different, we are still fighting for patient's basic needs on a daily basis. We are exhausted and beaten down some days, and it remains difficult for others to understand.

OP mentioned Chimborazo, which featured prominently in the series, thus my comment. My only complaint was that the characters spent a lot of time discussing the politics, which is great for understand the war, not so great for moving the story along. Interesting that Andrew Johnson was such a jackass about implementing rights for the freed slaves (he was a Southerner, and apparently had owned slaves), and 100 years later, Lyndon Johnson did so much for Civil Rights. I found the books on Amazon. Just search the author, Ginny Dye. Definitely worth reading. The main character, Carrie, learns a massive amount of herbal medicine from an old slave woman on her father's plantation, and uses that knowledge @ Chimborazo. Next time I'm in Virginia, I plan on going to the site of the hospital--I think they have a museum.

You can find them online. I bought my copies in the Chimborazo Hospital Site store. I wanted my monies to go toward the grounds and the national park funds.