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Behind the Rifle - Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi (Paperback)
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Behind the Rifle - Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi (Paperback)
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List price R650
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Discovery Miles 5 820
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During the Civil War, Mississippi's strategic location bordering
the Mississippi River and the state's system of railroads drew the
attention of opposing forces who clashed in major battles for
control over these resources. The names of these
engagements-Vicksburg, Jackson, Port Gibson, Corinth, Iuka, Tupelo,
and Brice's Crossroads-along with the narratives of the men who
fought there resonate in Civil War literature. However,
Mississippi's chronicle of military involvement in the Civil War is
not one of men alone. Surprisingly, there were a number of female
soldiers disguised as males who stood shoulder to shoulder with
them on the firing lines across the state. Behind the Rifle: Women
Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi is a groundbreaking study that
discusses women soldiers with a connection to Mississippi-either
those who hailed from the Magnolia State or those from elsewhere
who fought in Mississippi battles. Readers will learn who they
were, why they chose to fight at a time when military service for
women was banned, and the horrors they experienced. Included are
two maps and over twenty period photographs of locations relative
to the stories of these female fighters along with images of some
of the women themselves. The product of over ten years of research,
this work provides new details of formerly recorded female
fighters, debunks some cases, and introduces over twenty previously
undocumented ones. Among these are women soldiers who were involved
in such battles beyond Mississippi as Shiloh, Antietam, and
Gettysburg. Readers will also find new documentation regarding
female fighters held as prisoners of war in such notorious prisons
as Andersonville.
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