Women of the blue & gray : true Civil War stories of mothers, medics, soldiers, and spies

Monson, Marianne, 1975- author.

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"North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant--the women in these micro-drama biographies are wives, mothers, sisters, and friends whose purposes ranged from supporting husbands and sons during wartime to counseling President Lincoln on strategy, from tending to the wounded on the battlefield to spiriting away slaves through the Underground Railroad, from donning a uniform and fighting unrecognized alongside the men to working as spies...

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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women

Women United States History 19th century

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ISBN:

9781629724157

Description:

x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Women of the blue and gray
Women of the blue & the gray
Women of the blue and the gray

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 222)

Contents:

Rebels, inciters, and all-around revolutionaries
The beardless brigade : Civil War soldiers
Susie Baker King Taylor : Union nurse, teacher, and author
Tales of smuggling, espionage, and general subterfuge
Anna Ella Carroll : military strategist and political advisor
Ink of the centuries : the diarists
Cornelia Peake McDonald : mother and diarist
Voices from slavery
Mary Ann Shadd Cary : recruiter, newspaper editor, and abolitionist
Arms to save : nurses, medics, and battlefield relief
Dr. Mary Walker : Civil War surgeon and activist
First nations in a divided nation
Love in the time of dysentery
Pathways to peace

LCCN:

2018001451

Control Number:

2538105

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