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04210aam a2200625 i 4500 001 BF00463668B111E9997FFC0F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190427010012 008 180924t20192019mauac b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018045331 020 $a 0674987977 020 $a 9780674987975 035 $a (OCoLC)1074288711 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d HLS $d YDX $d NYP $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ga $a n-usu-- $a n-us-ga 050 00 $a E628 $b .M35 2019 082 00 $a 973.7082 $2 23 100 1 $a McCurry, Stephanie, $e author. 245 10 $a Women's war : $b fighting and surviving the American Civil War / $c Stephanie McCurry. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xii, 297 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 22 cm 520 $a The Civil War is remembered as a war of brother against brother, with women standing innocently on the sidelines. But battlefield realities soon challenged this simplistic understanding of women's place in war. Stephanie McCurry shows that women were indispensable to the unfolding of the Civil War, as they have been--and continue to be--in all wars. With a trio of dramatic stories, McCurry explores unique facets of women's wartime experiences, each one of which played an important part in redefining the meaning and stakes of the Civil War. Clara Judd, a female spy who was imprisoned by the Union for treason, sparked a heated controversy over the principle of civilian immunity, leading to lasting changes in the international laws of war. The hundreds of thousands of enslaved women who escaped to Union lines during the conflict upended military emancipation policies aimed only at enslaved male soldiers. Union leaders responded by casting fugitive black women as "soldiers' wives," offering them a protection of sorts but placing a lasting obstacle on their path to freedom. In the war's aftermath, the former Confederate Gertrude Thomas wrestled with her loss of status amid economic devastation, social collapse, and the new freedom of her former slaves. War and emancipation touched even her intimate family, revealing the full extent of the break in history Reconstruction represented.-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Enemy women and the laws of war -- The story of the black soldier's wife -- Reconstructing a life amidst the ruins. 651 0 $a United States $x Women. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Women. 650 0 $a Spies $z Confederate States of America. 650 0 $a Women spies $z Confederate States of America. 650 0 $a Women slaves $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Fugitive slaves $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Civil-military relations $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) $z Georgia. 651 0 $a United States $x Influence. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Influence. 611 27 $a American Civil War (1861-1865) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351658 611 27 $a Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01754987 650 7 $a Civil-military relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862889 650 7 $a Fugitive slaves. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00935940 650 7 $a Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 $a Spies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01129772 650 7 $a Women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176568 650 7 $a Women slaves. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178532 650 7 $a Women spies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178571 651 7 $a Georgia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204622 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a United States $z Confederate States of America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205435 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022139.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210216010226.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105040957.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508023030.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20190427010738.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BF00463668B111E9997FFC0F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search