431 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm large print
Other Title:
Women of the blue and gray
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Introduction (a not-so-civil war) Rebels, inciters, and all around revolutionaries The beardless brigade : Civil War soldiers Mary Ann Shadd Cary : recruiter, newspaper editor, and abolitionist Dr. Mary Walker : Civil War surgeon and activist Ink of centuries : the diarists Cornelia Peake McDonald : mother and diarist Voices from slavery Tales of smuggling, espionage, and general subterfuge Susie King Taylor : Union nurse, teacher and author Arms to save : medics, nurses, and battlefield relief First nations in a new nation (Native Americans) Love in the time of dysentery Anna Ella Carroll : military strategist and political advisor Pathways to peace
