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Hospital Sketches (1863) is a compilation of four sketches based on letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown. Tribulation Periwinkle opens the story by complaining, ""I want something to do."" She dismisses suggestions to write a book, teach, get married, or start acting. When her younger brother suggests she ""go nurse the soldiers"", she immediately responds, ""I will!"" After substantial hardship in trying to obtain a spot, she has further difficulty finding a place on the train. She then describes her travel through New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore en route to Washington DC.

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