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American South during her childhood and also in Boston. A staunch opponent of slavery, Woolsey volunteered as a nurse soon after the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. Georgeanna was not the only member
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ordered 10000 copies be printed and distributed to raise support for the war nurses. Woolsey would continue to work as a nurse during the
Eastern campaigns of 1864 and 1865, eventually working as a nurse in Richmond after the Confederate capital had been captured. Towards the end of the conflict,
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