Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.5
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
10806
Points per Word
0.000185
Page Count
80
Points per Page
0.025
Description
This book contains excerpts from the diary of a woman who served as nurse to a regiment of black soldiers fighting for the Union during the Civil War, including her observations on the treatment of "coloreds" after the war.