women soldiers in the American civil war
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Blanton, DeAnne
- Creator
- Cook, Lauren M.
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B3855 - B
- Thesaurus
- vrouwen in mannenberoepen, militaire beroepen, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- At least 250 women served-disguised as men-in the ranks of both North and South during the Civil War. After covering the major combat actions in which women served the authors reconstruct the reasons why women entered the armed forces: many were simply patriotic, while others followed their husbands or lovers and yet others yearned to break free from the constraints that Victorian society had laid on them as women.