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Courageous women of the Civil War : soldiers, spies, medics, and more Cover Image

Courageous women of the Civil War : soldiers, spies, medics, and more / M. R. Cordell.

Cordell, M. R. (Melinda R.), (author.).

Summary:

"At the outbreak of the Civil War, nearly everybody was caught up in patriotic fervor--men and women, Union and Confederate. Many women supported soldiers through knitting and sewing needed items, growing food, making bandages, gathering medical supplies, and more. But others wished they could be closer to the fight. These women defied society's expectations and bravely chose to take on more dangerous, unconventional roles. [This book] reveals the exploits of 16 of these remarkable women who served as medics, spies, battlefield helpers, and even soldiers on the front lines"--Dust jacket flap.

Record details

ISBN: 9781613732007
ISBN: 1613732007
Physical Description: xxiii, 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I Soldiers 1 -- Sarah Emma Edmonds: Soldier, Nurse, Spy 5 -- Frances Elizabeth Quinn: "Hurrah for God's Country!" 16 -- Mary Ann Clark: "A Good Rebel Soldier" 27 -- Frances Louisa Clayton: A Rough Northern Soldier 36 -- Maria Lewis: "She Rode in the Front Ranks" 44 -- Part II Spies 53 -- Harriet Tubman: Moses's Great Combahee Raid 57 -- Mary Carroll: A Missouri Rebel 68 -- Loreta Janeta Velazquez: The Confederate Lioness 77 -- Mary Jane Richards: Spy in the Confederate White House 86 -- Part III Nurses 97 -- Georgeanna Woolsey: "Changed by This Contact with Terror" 101 -- Susie King Taylor: A Young Nurse in the "First South" 110 -- Harriet Ann Jacobs: "She Did Her Own Thinking" 119 -- Cornelia Hancock: Battlefield Angel 130 -- Part IV Vivandieres 139 -- Marie Tepe: "French Mary" 142 -- Kady Brownell: Heroine of New Bern 153 -- Annie Lorinda Eiheridge: "This Is My Place" 163 -- Acknowledgments 173 -- Organization of Infantry in the Civil War 175.