Women of the blue & gray: true Civil War stories of mothers, medics, soldiers, and spies
North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant-- the women in these micro biographies were wives, mothers, sisters and friends whose purposes ranged from supporting husbands and sons during wartime to counseling President Lincoln on strategy. Monson brings to light the incredible stories of women from the Civil War that remain relevant to our nation today. -- Adapted from jacket.
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- Full title :Women of the blue & gray : true Civil War stories of mothers, medics, soldiers, and spies / Marianne Monson.
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North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant-- the women in these micro biographies were wives, mothers, sisters and friends whose purposes ranged from supporting husbands and sons during wartime to counseling President Lincoln on strategy. Monson brings to light the incredible stories of women from the Civil War that remain relevant to our nation today. -- Adapted from jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2018
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- Publisher(s):Shadow Mountain
- Place of Publication:Salt Lake City, Utah
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781629736433, 1629736430
- oclc:on1044767585
- LC Classification:E628
- Dewey Decimal:973.7082
Table of 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.
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