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Courageous Women of the Civil War : : Soldiers, Spies, Medics, and More

Cordell, M. R. (Melinda R.) Book - 2016 Kids Book / Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars / Civil War 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Call Number: Kids Book / Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars / Civil War
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Part I. Soldiers -- Sarah Emma Edmonds: Soldier, nurse, spy -- Frances Elizabeth Quinn: "Hurrah for God's country!" -- Mary Ann Clark: "A good Rebel soldier" -- Frances Louisa Clayton: A rough Northern soldier -- Maria Lewis: "She rode in the front ranks" -- Part II. Spies -- Harriet Tubman: Moses' great Combahee Raid -- Mary Carroll: A Missouri Rebel -- Loreta Janeta Velazquez: The Confederate lioness -- Mary Jane Richards: Spy in the Confederate White House -- Part III. Nurses -- Georgeanna Woolsey: "Changed by this contact with terror" -- Susie King Taylor: A young nurse in the "First South" -- Harriet Ann Jacobs: "She did her own thinking" -- Cornelia Hancock: Battlefield angel -- Part IV. Vivandieres -- Marie Tepe: "French Mary" -- Kady Brownell: Heroine of New Bern -- Annie Lorinda Etheridge: "This is my place."

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Inspiring submitted by kathscot on August 30, 2016, 6:03pm A nice collection of stories. Good photos and source material for further study.

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PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781613732007

SUBJECTS
United States -- Women. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.