Women making war : female Confederate prisoners and Union military justice /

Curran, Thomas F.,

Women making war : female Confederate prisoners and Union military justice / Thomas F. Curran. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

"Using St. Louis as its nexus, this book investigates 440 disloyal women who were arrested and imprisoned by the Union army during the Civil War"--



9780809338047

2020001453


Women prisoners of war--History--United States--19th century.
Women--History.--Confederate States of America
Women--Social conditions.--Confederate States of America
Women--History--Missouri--St. Louis--19th century.
Military courts--History--United States--19th century.


Electronic Books.

E628 / .W664 2020