Daughters of the Union
Northern Women Fight the Civil War
Published on 1. July 2009
352 pages
978-0-674-04362-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book casts a spotlight on some of the most overlooked, least understood participants in the American Civil War: the women of the North. Unlike their Confederate counterparts, most Northern women stayed far from the dangers of battle. Nonetheless, they enlisted in the Union cause on their home ground, and the experience transformed their lives.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04362-6 (9780674043626)
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05/2005
Harvard University Press
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Content
PROLOGUE Summoned to War, Charged to Patriotism / 1 ONE Loyalties in Conflict / 14 TWO The Economic Battlefront /41 THREE Domesticity under Siege / 87 FOUR From Patriots to Partisans, and Back Again / 123 FIVE Aiding the Cause, Serving the State / 162 SIX Saving the Sick, Healing the Nation / 194 SEVEN Wartime Emancipation / 222 EIGHT American Women and the Enduring Power of the State / 247 EPILOGUE An Ambiguous Legacy / 277 Notes / 285 Acknowledgments / 322 Index / 325
