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Behind the Rifle: Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi by Shelby Harriel (Eng
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- ISBN-13
- 9781496843388
- Book Title
- Behind the Rifle : Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi
- ISBN
- 9781496843388
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- Women, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Women's Studies
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 11.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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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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Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-10
149684338x
ISBN-13
9781496843388
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27057257714
Product Key Features
Book Title
Behind the Rifle : Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Women's Studies
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
E628
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In addition to identifying new examples, [Harriel] succeeds in shedding fresh light on old stories or, indeed, debunking and clarifying previous misunderstandings. Her work raises interesting and pertinent questions about how we define who is, and who is remembered as, a soldier., Harriel compiles rich information from newspapers, personal and official correspondence, service and pension records, the census, and memoirs. . . . Readers with a particular interest in female soldiers will admire Harriel's dogged detective work., The old argument that there is nothing new to write about the Civil War is obviously wrong, as illustrated by Shelby Harriel's Behind the Rifle: Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi . Full of new research and insightful analysis, Behind the Rifle provides a wonderful overview of the important role of fighting women in Mississippi's Civil War history., Harriel offers fresh evidence and cogent insight into the phenomenon of women soldiers fighting and dying in the American Civil War. Her exhaustive research brings to light stories previously undocumented and is presented in an engaging narrative that crucially places these women in their social and historical context. Behind the Rifle is a welcome addition to both Civil War and women's history. I couldn't be more pleased to recommend it., Behind the Rifle is notably precise. . . . The care with which Harriel approaches the significance of the presence of these female soldiers, and how we should make sense of them today, is also notable and welcome., Readers with a particular interest in female soldiers will admire and benefit from Harriel's dogged detective work. . ., This is a fascinating book - careful and confident when dealing with facts, shrewd when judging conflicts and choices, eloquent when speaking for those whose voices are lost to history.
Dewey Decimal
973.7/408209762
Dewey Edition
23
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