Figure 1: Emma French Sackett Memories of the Civil War, as told to Winterset Women’s Club October 9, 1914 Civil War Nurse Today I am living in the dim and hazy past, as I reread the treasured letters received in time of the Civil War. While there is such of sadness, there is great interest in reviewing those days of fifty years ago, when our country was in a turmoil in every part, when friend and foe were on every hand.