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Author Curran, Thomas F., author.

Title Women making war : female Confederate prisoners and Union military justice / Thomas F. Curran.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Using St. Louis as its nexus, this book investigates 440 disloyal women who were arrested and imprisoned by the Union army during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "The Line Is Being Drawn Every Day" -- 2. "No Difference on Account of the Difference of Sexes . . . concerning the War-Traitor" -- 3. "The Embarrassment Is to Know What to Do with Them" -- 4. "They Have Five Ladies . . . at Alton" -- 5. "Rebel Women . . . Are Engaged in the Treasonable Work" -- 6. "Thompson, Charles (Alias Mary Ann Pittman), Transferred to St. Louis" -- 7. "Mere Friction and Abrasion . . . of the War" -- 8. "The Female Military Prison . . . Is Continued"
9. "I Suppose She Could be Released" -- 10. "The Heroines of This Most Disastrous Period Have Been Forgotten" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Gallery of Illustrations -- About the Author -- Back Cover
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Subject Women prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Women prisoners of war.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Women -- Confederate States of America -- History.
Women.
Women -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Women -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 19th century.
Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Military courts -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Military courts.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Female.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
Military participation -- Female.
Prisoners of war.
Women -- Social conditions.
United States -- Confederate States of America.
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Curran, Thomas F.. Women making war Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020] 9780809338030 (DLC) 2020001452
ISBN 0809338041 electronic book
9780809338047 (electronic book)
9780809338030 hardcover

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