I’ll Pass For Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War

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The Civil War has been studied, written about, even sun about for generations. The general public know that it was once a conflict between North and South, Unionists and rebels, blue and gray. We recognize the names of Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee. Many of us know about Clara Barton, the nurse who did such a lot to save soldiers’ lives. But few have heard of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Rosetta Wakeman, or Mary Galloway. They were some of the hundreds of women who assumed male identities, put on uniforms, enlisted in the Union or Confederate Army, and went into battle alongside their male comrades. In this compelling book, Anita Silvey explores the fascinating secret world of women soldiers: who they were, why they went to war, how they managed their masquerade. A couple of left memoirs, diaries, or letters. Newspaper stories, pension records, and regimental accounts yielded additional information, as did the writings of male soldiers who became conscious about the women in the ranks. Undoubtedly, there were women soldiers whose true identity was once never came upon or revealed. Accessible, accurate, and engaging, I will Pass for Your Comrade invites readers to view the Civil War from an uncommon perspective and explores an ceaselessly overlooked aspect of our history.

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