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I cannot imagine working with wounded men some of them enemies. Ada says she is not sure that she can treat Yankee soldiers the same as Confederate soldiers. At first my reaction was what kind of person wouldn't help out a wounded man he deserves treatment like everyone else. Then I thought about it. That soldier you are helping could have killed your father or brother or son. '''I would like to think I would treat everyone the same but I am not sure I could.''' I think Ada is a good person for at least making the effort to help humanity despite the fact they are the enemy. LeAnn T. | I cannot imagine working with wounded men some of them enemies. Ada says she is not sure that she can treat Yankee soldiers the same as Confederate soldiers. At first my reaction was what kind of person wouldn't help out a wounded man he deserves treatment like everyone else. Then I thought about it. That soldier you are helping could have killed your father or brother or son. '''I would like to think I would treat everyone the same but I am not sure I could.''' I think Ada is a good person for at least making the effort to help humanity despite the fact they are the enemy. LeAnn T. | ||
| − | I was not as shocked to hear that Ada had issues with aiding the wounded Yankee soldiers. As a nurse she was required to assist the wounded, however she also knows that these men have killed men on her own side and once recovered may very well continue to. It does not say, and I would have liked to have known, whether she had family members fighting and if they lived or not, and how that might have affected her position on the subject. She continues to check on the men and sees to their needs, but she goes no farther, not even inquiring after their names. I do wonder how wide spread this feeling was among nurses both north and south as a general whole and how it affected the medical treatment and success of enemy soldiers in opposing hospitals. -- Elyse Lawrence | + | I was not as shocked to hear that Ada had issues with aiding the wounded Yankee soldiers. As a nurse she was required to assist the wounded, however she also knows that these men have killed men on her own side and once recovered may very well continue to. It does not say, and I would have liked to have known, whether she had family members fighting and if they lived or not, and how that might have affected her position on the subject. She continues to check on the men and sees to their needs, but she goes no farther, not even inquiring after their names. I do wonder how wide spread this feeling was among nurses both north and south as a general whole and how it affected the medical treatment and success of enemy soldiers in opposing hospitals as this is also a theme in Cornelia Hancock's essay. -- Elyse Lawrence |
== Maria Daly, 1862, Northerner in the South (New Orleans) == | == Maria Daly, 1862, Northerner in the South (New Orleans) == | ||
