Description
This fascinating work tells the untold story of the role of ladies within the Civil War, from battlefield to home front.
• 400 A–Z entries provide main points on individuals, organizations, battles, and girls’s roles in events of the Civil War
• 12 contextual essays cover all aspects of life for girls, North and South, slave and free, within the years in an instant before, all the way through, and after the Civil War
• Original documents, including letters and diaries, personalize and bring to life historical information
• A detailed chronology of Civil War events highlights the ones in particular affecting women
• Includes an exhaustive bibliography of number one and secondary sources