This is basically Louisa May Alcott painting a picture of her time as a nurse during the Civil War in Washington DC. So exactly as it says on the tin. It was very short, but it was interesting to hear a first hand account of what this sort of environment was like.

Alcott's time as a nurse was ultimately cut short when she contracted typhoid fever. The cures, which included mercury, caused their own problems. Seriously, look at a photo of her before she went compared with after. She ages drastically.