Unexpected bravery : women and children of the Civil War / A.J. Schenkman.

"What is little known about the American Civil War is that both women and children enlisted in an attempt to make a difference in the struggle to determine the future of the United States of America"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schenkman, A. J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot, [2021]
Subjects:
Women and war > United States > History > 19th century.
Children and war > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Female.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Juvenile.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Children > Biography.
Children.
Children and war.
Military participation > Female.
Military participation > Juvenile.
Women.
Women and war.
United States.
1800-1899
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:vii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Children and women during war time
  • Johnny Clem (the drummer boy of Chickamauga)
  • Susie King Taylor (nurse and teacher)
  • Charles Whipple Hadley (bravery at Shiloh)
  • Orion and Lyston Howe (Orion and Lyston)
  • William Horsfall (Medal of Honor)
  • Alexander H. Johnson (drummer for the 54th)
  • Lola Sanchez (Confederate spy)
  • Unfinished lives part I
  • Albert D.J. Cashier (Jennie Hodgers)
  • Mary Galloway (wounded at Antietam)
  • Florena Budwin and John Budwin
  • Cathay Williams (William Cathay)
  • Mary Owens (John Evans)
  • Elizabeth "Lizzie" Compton (Johnny "Jack" Compton)
  • Sarah Malinda Pritchard Blalock (Sam Blalock)
  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (Franklin Thompson)
  • Loreta Janeta Velazquez (Harry T. Buford)
  • Unfinished lives part II.