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Author Schenkman, A. J., author.

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

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2092383~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  973.7082 SCH    AVAILABLE
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Description vii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-190).
Contents Introduction: Children and women during wartime -- Johnny Clem (the drummer boy of Chickamauga) -- Susie King Taylor (nurse and teacher) -- Charles Whipple Hadley (bravery at Shiloh) -- The Howe brothers (Orion and Lyston) -- William H. 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 (woman prisoner at Andersonville) -- Cathay Williams (William Cathay) -- Mary Owens Jenkins (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.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject 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.
ISBN 9781493055265 (trade paperback)
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