Thank you for your story, Ginger! I like the premise and the setting very much: it's not everyday that an author braves as difficult a time as WWI and, as far as I have read, you are doing quite well.
From Elizabeth's thoughts of Captain Darcy, I assume there was no letter delivered to her after his proposal, otherwise she would not be so uncharitable towards him. Unless, of course, a letter was written but never read, though I do not think that is the case, since there was no mention of one in the few chapters you have posted so far. Just out of curiosity, I'd really like to know why you decided to dispense with the letter (if you did, that is - it's entirely possible that I missed it, reading from my phone
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I have an observation to make about your writing. In the first chapters, when Darcy recalls Elizabeth's words of rejection, you report them indirectly ("You were the last man I could ever be prevailed upon to marry!"). However, I think that the power of such a statement would be emphasized if it were written in italics as was said, and left alone in a paragraph of its own.
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You are the last man I could ever be prevailed upon to marry!
Also, there is an inverted comma missing in this paragraph, just before "Where":
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“Hold the stump up—higher.” The blond orderly strapped the leather belt around the patient's thigh. Where are Tozer and Arnold?”
I can't wait to read more!