Women making war : female Confederate prisoners and Union military justice / Thomas F. Curran.

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Curran, Thomas F. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Women prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century. Women > Confederate States of America > History. Women > Confederate States of America > Social conditions. Women > Missouri > St. Louis > History > 19th century. Military courts > United States > History > 19th century. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Female. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women. Military courts Military participation > Female Prisoners of war Women Women prisoners of war Women > Social conditions Missouri > Saint Louis United States United States > Confederate States of America 1800-1899 History

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. "The Line Is Being Drawn Every Day"
2. "No Difference on Account of the Difference of Sexes . . . concerning the War-Traitor"
3. "The Embarrassment Is to Know What to Do with Them"
4. "They Have Five Ladies . . . at Alton"
5. "Rebel Women . . . Are Engaged in the Treasonable Work"
6. "Thompson, Charles (Alias Mary Ann Pittman), Transferred to St. Louis"
7. "Mere Friction and Abrasion . . . of the War"
8. "The Female Military Prison . . . Is Continued"
9. "I Suppose She Could be Released"
10. "The Heroines of This Most Disastrous Period Have Been Forgotten"
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Gallery of Illustrations
About the Author
Back Cover

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