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In 1862, Louisa moved to Washington, D. C. to volunteer as a nurse.

On January 14, 1863, the Alcotts received a telegram that Louisa was sick ; Bronson immediately went to bring her home, briefly meeting Abraham Lincoln while there.

Louisa turned her experience into the book Hospital Sketches.

Her father wrote of it, " I see nothing in the way of a good appreciation of Louisa's merits as a woman and a writer.