Introduction (a not-so-civil war) -- Rebels, inciters, and all around revolutionaries -- The beardless brigade : Civil War soldiers -- Mary Ann Shadd Cary : recruiter, newspaper editor, and abolitionist -- Dr. Mary Walker : Civil War surgeon and activist -- Ink of centuries : the diarists -- Cornelia Peake McDonald : mother and diarist -- Voices from slavery -- Tales of smuggling, espionage, and general subterfuge -- Susie King Taylor : Union nurse, teacher and author -- Arms to save : medics, nurses, and battlefield relief -- First nations in a new nation (Native Americans) -- Love in the time of dysentery -- Anna Ella Carroll : military strategist and political advisor -- Pathways to peace.
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