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Author Leonard, Elizabeth D.

Title All the daring of the soldier : women of the Civil War armies / Elizabeth D. Leonard.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [1999]
©1999

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.7 LEONARD, ELIZABETH D.    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  973.7 LEONARD    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359) and index.
Contents ch. 1. "The ladies were terrific" : a handful of Civil War women spies -- ch. 2. "The women are the worst of all" : the broad scope of female espionage and resistance during the Civil War -- ch. 3. Half-soldier heroines : a handful of Civil War Army women and their predecessors -- ch. 4. As brave as a lion and as pretty as a lamb : more Civil War Army women, real and fictional -- ch. 5. The beardless boy was a universal favorite : Deborah Sampson and a handful of Civil War women soldiers -- ch. 6. To don the breeches, and slay them with a will! : a host of women soldiers -- ch. 7. A devoted worker for her cause : the question of motivation.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
United States. Army -- Women.
Confederate States of America. Army -- Women.
Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Women spies -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 0393047121
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