[CIVIL WAR]. SMITH, Mrs. S. E. D. 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 Disastrous Conflict in America? Revised by Re. John Little, and Dedicated to The Rebel Soldiers. Memphis, TN: The Bulletin Publishing Company, 1867. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Smith. 300, [2, blank] pp. Publisher's full green cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt and ruled in blind (cloth rubbed and lightly edgeworn and soiled, endleaves toned and foxed, text foxed, a few gutters overopened, pp. 99-118 partially loose, gift inscription in pencil on ffep.) Good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE MEMOIR OF NURSING DURING THE CIVIL WAR. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 6 x 5 x 1".