"First published by Southern Heritage Press as Valor and Lace : the roles of Confederate women 1861-1865, 1996"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171).
Contents:
The mother : Charlotte S. Branch, "the mother of the Oglethorpe light infantry" / Mauriel Phillips Joslyn -- The homefront : for our boys-the ladies' aid socities / Julieanna Williams -- The defenders : the Nancy Hearts / Anne J. Bailey -- The soldier : Loreta Janeta Velaquez alias Lt. Harry T. Buford / Norma Jean Perkins -- The betrothed : Susan Tarleton of Mobile / Mauriel Phillips Joslyn -- The nurse : Ella K. Newsom Trader, "the Florence Nightingale of the Southern army" / Barbara Duffey -- The prisoner : the incarceration of Mrs. Mary M. Stockton Terry / Jeanne M. Christie -- The poetess : Margaret Junkin Preston of Lexington, Virginia / William H. Baria -- The caretaker of the dead : Mary Amarinthia Yates Snowden of Charleston, SC / June Murray Wells -- Servants of God and man : the Sisters of Mercy / James A Buttimer.
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