Trials and triumphs : women of the American Civil War / Marilyn Mayer Culpepper.

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Military, political, and economic aspects of the American Civil War have been minutely examined and re-examined in thousands of published volumes. Relatively little, however, has been written about the courageous women who endured loneliness and upheaval on the home front or who ventured to the site...

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Uniform Title:MSU Archives & Historical Collections Reading Room Books.
Main Author: Culpepper, Marilyn Mayer
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1991.
Series:MSU Archives & Historical Collections Reading Room Books.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
Women > United States > History > 19th century.
Women.
United States
American Civil War
History, 19th Century
Women
Femmes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes.
women (female humans)
Frau
Geschichte
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865)
1800-1899
United > States > History > Civil > War, > 1861-1865 > Women
Women > United > States > History > 19th > century
History
Genre:
History
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Local Note:
Archives of Michigan copy 1 gift from Judy K. Gruber.
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection.
LM copy 1 gift from Michigan Women's Studies Association (MWSA).
UAHC: In dust jacket.
Physical Description:x, 427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. A Nation Torn Asunder
  • 2. Slaves, Soldiers, Free People
  • 3. Anxiety
  • The Irrepressible Companion
  • 4. The Refugee Experience
  • 5. The Ravages of War
  • 6. The Battle Against Privation
  • 7. "Much to Do"
  • Part I
  • 8. "Much to Do"
  • Part II
  • 9. The Florence Nightingales of the Civil War
  • 10. Peace at Last.