| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages) |
| Contents |
1 The Better Angels of Our Nature -- 2 Women in Antebellum America -- 3 The Underground Railroad -- 4 Abolitionism in America -- 5 The "Seething Hell of War" -- 6 Noble Watchwords and Inspiring Ideas -- 7 Tending to the Wounded and Missing -- 8 The Prolonged War -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- 9 "With Malice toward None, with Charity for All" -- 10 "Joy My Freedom!" -- 11 Women in Post-Civil War America -- 12 Concluding Remarkable Lives -- 13 The Angels among Us Still -- 14 "Contemplating Their Example" -- 15 Voce Angeli, or "Voices of the Angels" -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Summary |
"This multi-layered biography examines five remarkable women who made important contributions to the Union cause at various stages before, during, and following the defining years of the American Civil War"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Place of publication taken from publisher's Web site |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 07, 2020) |
| Subject |
Women and war -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Women
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Women and war
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Biography
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140282
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Griffith, Elisabeth, writer of foreword
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| LC no. |
2019030008 |
| ISBN |
9781640123281 |
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1640123288 |
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1640123261 |
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9781640123274 |
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164012327X |
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9781640123267 |
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