They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil WarLSU Press, 1. 9. 2002 - Počet stran: 296 Popular images of women during the American Civil War include self-sacrificing nurses, romantic spies, and brave ladies maintaining hearth and home in the absence of their men. However, as DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook show in their remarkable new study, that conventional picture does not tell the entire story. Hundreds of women assumed male aliases, disguised themselves in men’s uniforms, and charged into battle as Union and Confederate soldiers—facing down not only the guns of the adversary but also the gender prejudices of society. They Fought Like Demons is the first book to fully explore and explain these women, their experiences as combatants, and the controversial issues surrounding their military service. |
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ENTRENCHED IN SECRECY Women Soldiers of the Civil War | 1 |
THEY FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS A Military History of Women in Combat | 8 |
TO DRESS AND GO AS A SOLDIER Means and Motivations | 25 |
A FINE LOOKING SOLDIER Life in the Ranks | 45 |
FAIRLY EARNED HER EPAULETTES Women Soldiers in the Military Service | 64 |
WHY THEY DETAINED HER I CANT IMAGINE The Prisoner of War Experience | 77 |
I WOULD RATHER HAVE BEEN SHOT DEAD Women Soldiers as Casualties of War | 91 |
A CONGENITAL PECULIARITY Women Discovered in the Ranks | 107 |
WHEN JENNIE CAME MARCHING HOME Women Soldiers in the Postwar Years | 163 |
BEYOND HEROES AND HARLOTS The Changing Historical Perspective | 193 |
I LOVE MY COUNTRY A Summation of Womens Military Service | 205 |
The Female Warrior Bold | 211 |
Bibliography | 215 |
Notes | 231 |
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ROMANTIC YOUNG LADIES Female Soldiers in the Public Consciousness | 145 |