CRRL History: Nurse, Soldier, and Spy: Women in the Civil War

The Lives and Times of Angelina Grimké Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant

by Berkin, Carol

Book - 2009

In the life stories of three "accidental heroes"--women whose marriages provided them with position and perspective they would not otherwise hav...Show more In the life stories of three "accidental heroes"--women whose marriages provided them with position and perspective they would not otherwise have had--one of the nation's premier historians offers a unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape of their time. Show less

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Full Metal Corset

Secret Soldiers of the Civil War

DVD - 2007

The History Channel explores the stories behind the many hundreds of women who disguised themselves as men and secretly enlisted to fight in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. The History Channel explores the stories behind the many hundreds of women who disguised themselves as men and secretly enlisted to fight in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Show less

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Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent

How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War

by Allen, Thomas B.

Book - 2006

As he did in his highly acclaimed George Washington, Spymaster, author Thomas B. Allen digs back through historical records to present a famous historical...Show more As he did in his highly acclaimed George Washington, Spymaster, author Thomas B. Allen digs back through historical records to present a famous historical figure in a new light. Readers discover that Harriet Tubman--well-known to them as an ex-slave who led hundreds of her people to freedom along the Underground Railroad--was also a spy for the Union Army. More specifically she worked behind Confederate lines in South Carolina getting information about troop movement and Rebel fortifications from slaves that she was leading to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Show less

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Mothers of Invention

Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War

by Faust, Drew Gilpin

Book - 2004

When Confederate men marched off to battle, Southern women struggled with the new responsibilities of directing farms and plantations, providing for famil...Show more When Confederate men marched off to battle, Southern women struggled with the new responsibilities of directing farms and plantations, providing for families, and supervising increasingly restive slaves. Drew Faust offers a compelling picture of the more than half-million women who belonged to the slaveholding families of the Confederacy during this period of acute crisis, when every part of these women's lives became vexed and uncertain. Show less

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Nurse, and Spy in the Union Army

by Edmonds, S. Emma E.

Book - 1999

Originally published in 1865, this memoir is a record of events which transpired in military field camps and hospitals during the Civil War. Emma Edmonds ...Show more Originally published in 1865, this memoir is a record of events which transpired in military field camps and hospitals during the Civil War. Emma Edmonds tells the exciting story of her stint in the Secret Service as a spy, where she successfully penetrated the enemy's lines in various disguises no fewer than 11 times. Show less

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Southern Lady, Yankee Spy

The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy

by Varon, Elizabeth R.

Book - 2003

Northern sympathizer in the Confederate capital, daring spymaster, postwar politician: Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the most remarkable figures in America...Show more Northern sympathizer in the Confederate capital, daring spymaster, postwar politician: Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the most remarkable figures in American history, a woman who defied the conventions of the nineteenth-century South....Under the nose of the Confederate government, Van Lew ran a spy ring that gathered intelligence, hampered the Southern war effort, and helped scores of Union soldiers to escape from Richmond prisons. Show less

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They Fought Like Demons

Women Soldiers in the American Civil War

by Blanton, DeAnne

Book - 2003

"Albert Cashier" served three years in the Union Army and passed successfully as a man until 1911 when the aging veteran was revealed to be a wo...Show more "Albert Cashier" served three years in the Union Army and passed successfully as a man until 1911 when the aging veteran was revealed to be a woman named Jennie Hodgers. Frances Clayton kept fighting even after her husband was gunned down in front of her at the Battle of Murfreesboro. And more than one soldier astonished "his" comrades-in-arms by giving birth in camp. This lively and authoritative book opens a hitherto neglected chapter of Civil War history, telling the stories of hundreds of women who adopted male disguise and fought as soldiers. It explores their reasons for enlisting, their experiences in combat, and the way they were seen by their fellow soldiers and the American public. Impeccably researched and narrated with verve and wit, They Fought Like Demons is a major addition to our understanding of the Civil War era. Show less

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An Uncommon Soldier

The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Private Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers

by Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta

Book - 1994

Sarah Rosetta Wakeman disguised herself as a man and served in the 153rd Regiment of the New York State Volunteers as Private Lyons Wakeman. Her letters tell of her experiences during the war. Sarah Rosetta Wakeman disguised herself as a man and served in the 153rd Regiment of the New York State Volunteers as Private Lyons Wakeman. Her letters tell of her experiences during the war. Show less

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A Woman of Valor

Clara Barton and the Civil War

by Oates, Stephen B.

Book - 1994

When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a thirty-nine-year-old woman, who stoo...Show more When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a thirty-nine-year-old woman, who stood a slender five feet tall. Determined to serve, she became a veritable soldier, a nurse, and a one-woman relief agency operating in the heart of the conflict. (Worldcat.org) Show less

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