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Author:

Blanton, DeAnne, 1964-

Title:

They fought like demons : women soldiers in the American Civil War / DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xiii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Participation, Female.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female.
United States--Women.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
Women soldiers--United States--History--19th century.
Vrouwen.
Soldaten.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.

Other Authors:

Cook, Lauren M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-230) and index.

Contents:

"I love my country" : a summation of women's military service. 10. "They fought like demons" : a military history of women in combat -- 2. "To dress and go as a soldier" : means and motivations -- 3. "A fine looking soldier" : life in the ranks -- 4. "Fairly earned her epaulettes" : women soldiers in the military service -- 5. "Why they detained her I can't imagine" : the prisoner of war experience -- 6. "I would rather have been shot dead" : women soldiers as casualties of war -- 7. "A congenital peculiarity" : women discovered in the ranks -- 8. "Romantic young ladies " : female soldiers in the public consciousness -- 9. When Jennie came marching home : women soldiers in the postwar years -- 10. Beyond heroes or harlots : the changing historical perspective -- "I love my country" : a summation of women's military service.

Series:

Conflicting worlds

ISBN:

9780807128060 (alk. paper)
0807128066 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49415925

LCCN:

2002004441

Locations:

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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

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OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)