The women's fight : the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation /
Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation
Thavolia Glymph.
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrations
- The Littlefield history of the Civil War era .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Part I. Southern women. One. Home and war: "domestic sanctuaries" on the run -- Two. Poor white women in the Confederacy: "enemies to their country" -- Three. Enslaved women: making war on antislavery ground -- Part II. Northern Women. Four. Am I a soldier of the Cross? Northern women's fight and the legacy of slavery -- Five. Northern white women and the "Garden of Eden" -- Part III. The Hard hand of war. Six. Under the restless wings of an army: the "female humanity" -- Seven. Black women refugees: making freedom in Union lines -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.
"Historians of the Civil War often speak of "wars within a war"--The military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women's roles and lives in the Civil War--North and South, white and black, slave and free--showing how women were essentially and fully engaged in all three arenas."--
9781469653655 9781469653648
Women--History--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865. Women and war--History--United States--19th century.