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THE

SOLDIER'S FRIEND;

BEING A

THRILLING NARRATIVE

OF GRANDMA SMITH'S FOUR YEARS' EXPERIENCE AND
OBSERVATION, AS MATRON, IN THE HOSPITALS
OF THE SOUTH, DURING THE LATE DISAS-
TROUS CONFLICT IN AMERICA.

BY MRS. S. E. D. SMITH.

REVISED BY REV. JOHN LITTLE,

AND DEDICATED то

THE REBEL SOLDIERS.

MEMPHIS, TENN:

PRINTED BY THE BULLETIN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

1867.

HARVARD COLLEGE

DEC 6 1920

LIBRARY

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Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by MRS. S. E. D. SMITH,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of West Tennessee.

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DEDICATION.

TO ALL

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AS WELL AS ALL TRUE

PATRIOTIC LOVERS OF TRUE VALOR;

AND ALL WHO CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH

SUFFERING AND THE DISAPPOINTED,

THIS WORK IS

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.