Maryland women in the Civil War : unionists, rebels, slaves & spies / Claudia Floyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Floyd, Claudia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Maryland--Biography.

Women--Maryland--History--19th century.

Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On July 9, 1864, young Mamie Tyler crouched in a cellar as Union sharpshooters above traded volleys with Confederate forces. After six excruciating hours, she emerged to nurse the wounded from the Battle of Monocacy. This was life in a border state and the terrifying reality for the women of Maryland. Western Maryland experienced some of the worst carnage of the war, and women turned their homes into hospitals for the wounded of Antietam, South Mountain and Gettysburg. In Baltimore, secessionists such as Hetty Carry fled arrest by Union troops. The Eastern Shore's Anna Ella Carroll plotted military strategy for the Union, and Harriet Tubman led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Author Claudia Floyd draws on letters and memoirs to chronicle their stories and present a fascinating and nuanced portrait of Maryland women in the Civil War.

Contents:

Geography and destiny

Free, slave and in-between

The despot's heel: the Union occupation

Women's political participation

The she rebels: Maryland's Confederate women

Three shades of red, white and blue: Maryland's Unionist women

The aftermath.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-137) and index.

ISBN:

9781625840196

1625840195