She Went To The Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War (Bonnie Tsui-W) james Gettysburg)

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easy-to-understand chapters to better understand these men

She Went To The Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War (Bonnie Tsui-W) james Gettysburg)by Bonnie Tsui This exciting new volume profiles several substantiated cases of female soldiers during the American Civil War, including Sarah Rosetta Wakeman (aka Private Lyons Wakeman, Union); Sarah Emma Edmonds (aka Private Frank Thompson, Union); Loreta Janeta Velazquez (aka Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate); and Jennie Hodgers (aka Private Albert D. J. Cashier, Union). Also featured are those women who may not have posed as male soldiers