Introduction: Children and women during war time -- Johnny Clem (the drummer boy of Chickamauga) -- Susie King Taylor (nurse and teacher) -- Charles Whipple Hadley (bravery at Shiloh) -- Orion and Lyston Howe (Orion and Lyston) -- William Horsfall (Medal of Honor) -- Alexander H. Johnson (drummer for the 54th) -- Lola Sanchez (Confederate spy) -- Unfinished lives part I -- Albert D.J. Cashier (Jennie Hodgers) -- Mary Galloway (wounded at Antietam) -- Florena Budwin and John Budwin -- Cathay Williams (William Cathay) -- Mary Owens (John Evans) -- Elizabeth "Lizzie" Compton (Johnny "Jack" Compton) -- Sarah Malinda Pritchard Blalock (Sam Blalock) -- Sarah Emma Edmonds (Franklin Thompson) -- Loreta Janeta Velazquez (Harry T. Buford) -- Unfinished lives part II.
Summary:
"What is little known about the American Civil War is that both women and children enlisted in an attempt to make a difference in the struggle to determine the future of the United States of America"-- Provided by publisher.
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