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| The intention of this page is to provide a guide to literature dealing with the issue of Civil War Women Soldiers. This is for students researching the topic or for those who just want to learn more ! |
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| An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alian Private Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers By Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Lauren Cook Burgess (Editor) "This book collects the only known group of letters from one of over an estimated 400 women who served in the Civil War under assumed male names and identities. This volume contains a collection of letters written by one of an estimated 400 women who served in the American Civil War under assumed male names and identities" Read a Review of this book Civilwarlady1861's Review SOON |
| All the Daring of the Soldier - Women of the Civil War Armies by Elizabeth Leonard "The fascinating stories of the women who worked as spies, as daughters of the regiments, or who disguised themselves as male soldiers to play their heroic part in the Civil War...... Leonard investigates why these women chose unconventional ways to help their cause. In doing so, she gives us a striking portrait of the lives women led in the nineteenth century and of their ability to break through the traditional barriers of Victorian womanhood" Read a Review of this book |
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| She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War by Bonnie Tsui |
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| They Fought like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War By DeAnne Blanton and Lauren Cook "Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of women assumed male aliases, disguised themselves in men's uniforms, and charged into battle as Union and Confederate soldiers. They Fought like Demons is the first book to fully explore and explain these women, their experiences as combatants, and the controversial issues surrounding their military service." |
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| Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War Elizabeth Clinton (Editor), Nina Silber (Editor) |
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| Patriots in Disguise by Richard Hall On the web site of the American Council of Learned Societies in 1999, Lyde Cullen Sizer states: "The best book analyzing The Woman in Battle (memoir of Loreta Janeta Velazquez) and its claims is Richard Hall's Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War (1993)." Riachard's Page on the Civil War |
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