Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-224)

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collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women of the blue & gray

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1021060212

Responsibility statement

Marianne Monson

Sub title

true Civil War stories of mothers, medics, soldiers, and spies

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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Women of the blue and gray

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