“A Forward Movement”

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“A Forward Movement” is one of the autobiographical sketches in Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War memoir *Hospital Sketches*, recounting her experiences as a Union nurse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical sketch
literary work
author Louisa May Alcott
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describesRoleOf Union nurse
genre autobiographical literature
nonfiction
war memoir
hasTheme compassion
duty
mortality
patriotism
resilience
sacrifice
suffering in war
women’s work in wartime
historicalContext Northern Army Medical units
surface form: Union Army field and general hospitals
includedIn Civil War memoirs of Louisa May Alcott
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement 19th-century American literature
mainSubject American Civil War
Union Army nursing
female nurses
military hospitals
wounded soldiers
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Louisa May Alcott
originalPublicationMedium print
partOf "Hospital Sketches"
surface form: Hospital Sketches
relatedWork "Hospital Sketches"
surface form: Hospital Sketches

My Contraband
The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts
setDuring American Civil War
workChronologyWithin later sketch in Hospital Sketches

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Hospital Sketches hasPart “A Forward Movement”