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Women making war : female Confederate prisoners and Union military justice /

"Using St. Louis as its nexus, this book investigates 440 disloyal women who were arrested and imprisoned by the Union army during the Civil War"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curran, Thomas F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. "The Line Is Being Drawn Every Day"
  • 2. "No Difference on Account of the Difference of Sexes . . . concerning the War-Traitor"
  • 3. "The Embarrassment Is to Know What to Do with Them"
  • 4. "They Have Five Ladies . . . at Alton"
  • 5. "Rebel Women . . . Are Engaged in the Treasonable Work"
  • 6. "Thompson, Charles (Alias Mary Ann Pittman), Transferred to St. Louis"
  • 7. "Mere Friction and Abrasion . . . of the War"
  • 8. "The Female Military Prison . . . Is Continued"
  • 9. "I Suppose She Could be Released"
  • 10. "The Heroines of This Most Disastrous Period Have Been Forgotten"
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Gallery of Illustrations
  • About the Author
  • Back Cover