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Author Curran, Thomas F., author.

Title Women making war : female Confederate prisoners and Union military justice / Thomas F. Curran
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 25, 2020)
Subject Women prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Confederate States of America -- History
Women -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions
Women -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- History -- 19th century
Military courts -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Military courts
Military participation -- Female
Prisoners of war
Women
Women prisoners of war
Women -- Social conditions
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Female. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140255
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140264
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140282
Subject Missouri -- Saint Louis
United States
United States -- Confederate States of America
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020001453
ISBN 0809338041
9780809338047