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"--
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
[2020]
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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