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

Emancipation

the government was on the verge of collapse

he left his home in Washington County and reported to camp in Richmond

That involved dealing with the men who ran the Navy: the loyal but often cranky Navy Secretary Gideon Welles

by John David Hoptak

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