Behind the rifle : women soldiers in Civil War Mississippi / Shelby Harriel.

"During the Civil War, Mississippi's strategic location bordering the Mississippi River and the state's system of railroads drew the attention of opposing forces who clashed in major battles for control over these resources. The names of these engagements--Vicksburg, Jackson, Port Gibson, Corinth, I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harriel, Shelby, 1974- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Subjects:
Women soldiers > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Female.
Women > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
Military participation > Female.
Women.
Women soldiers.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xi, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Motivations
  • Women as soldiers in the field and prisoners of war: their hardships
  • Paying the price: women soldiers killed and wounded in action
  • Mississippi's women soldiers
  • Corinth and Iuka
  • Mississippi central railroad campaign to Holly Springs
  • Chickasaw Bayou
  • Port Gibson to big black
  • The May assaults
  • The siege of Vicksburg
  • Natchez and the siege of Jackson
  • Brice's crossroads and Tupelo.