Women in the Civil War

by Larry G. Eggleston

  Civil War Times staff. “The Loyal Girl of Winchester.” p. 15. Vol. II, #3. The Civil War Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: E. J. Stockpole Publishing, June, 1960.

  Larson, Rebecca D. Blue and Gray Roses of Intrigue. pp. 53–56. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 69–70. New York:W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Lewis, Thomas A., and the editors of Time-Life Books. The Civil War: The Shenandoah in Flames: The Valley Campaign of 1864. p. 113. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1987.

  Markle, Donald E. Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War. p. 189. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. pp. 103, 135. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. pp. 103, 135. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Notable Women Spies

  HATTIE LAWTON

  Baker, Lafayette. History of the U.S. Secret Service. p. 617, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L.C. Baker, 1867.

  Kane, Harnett Thomas. Spies for the Blue and Gray. pp. 100–108. New York, New York: Doubleday, 1954.

  Larson, Rebecca D. Blue and Gray Roses of Intrigue. pp. 59–60. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Markle, Donald E. Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War. pp. 187–189. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.

  Time-Life Books editors. “Currents of Conspiracy.” pp. 29. The Civil War. Spies, Scouts and Raiders: Irregular Operations. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1985.

  MARY ELIZABETH BOWSER

  Chang, Ina. A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War. p. 57. New York: Lodestar Books, 1991.

  Kane, Harnett Thomas. Spies for the Blue and Gray. p. 239. New York, New York: Doubleday, 1954.

  Larson, Rebecca D. Blue and Gray Roses of Intrigue. pp. 21–24. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 54–55, 66. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Markle, Donald E. Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War. pp. 58, 183, 194. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.

  Time-Life Books editors. “The General’s Network.” p. 88. The Civil War. Spies, Scouts and Raiders: Irregular Operations. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1985.

  Harriet Tubman

  Botkin, B.A. A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends and Folklore. pp. 149–151. New York: Random House, 1960.

  Bowman, John S. The Civil War Almanac. p. 387. New York: Gallery Books, 1983.

  _____. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. p. 168. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Bradford, Sarah. Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. pp. 38–42. Auburn, New York: W. J. Moses Printer, 1869.

  Chang, Ina. A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War. pp. 12–13, 55–57, 74–75. New York: Lodestar Books, 1991.

  Davis, William C., and the editors of Time-Life Books. “One Nation, Divisible.” p. 68. The Civil War: Brother Against Brother: The War Begins. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life books, 1983.

  Hall, Richard. Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. pp. 164–166. 200. New York: Paragon House, 1993.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 70–71, 83. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Markle, Donald E. Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War. pp. 58–59, 213. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. pp. 269–270. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. pp. 269–270. Lincoln: Nebraska. University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Stein, Alice P. “ The North’s Unsung Sisters of Mercy.” p. 44. America’s Civil War. Leesburg Virginia: Primedia Special Interest Publications, September, 1999.

  Pauline Cushman

  Bowman, John S. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. p. 65. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Chronicle staff. “The Female Federal Scout.” Daily Morning Chronicle. Washington, D.C., May 28, 1864. (Reprint)

  Detroit Tribune staff. “The Female Federal Scout.” The Detroit Tribune. Detroit, Michigan: The Detroit Tribune Co., May 25, 1864.

  Foenander, Terry. Civil War News. pp. 13–14. Toowoomba, QLD, Australia: Harrison Printing Co. Pty. Ltd., 2000.

  Kane, Harnett Thomas. Spies for the Blue and Gray. pp. 177–191. New York, New York: Doubleday, 1954.

  Larson, Rebecca D. Blue and Gray Roses of Intrigue. pp. 31–33. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 57–63. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Markle, Donald E. Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War. pp. 173–175, 198, 215. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. pp. 102–103. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. pp. 102–103. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Moore, Frank. Women of the War. pp. 170–175. Hartford, Connecticut: S. S. Scranton and Co., 1867.

  Times staff. “Famous Secret Service Agents.” Section 7. The New York Times. New York: The New York Times Corp., April 4, 1915.

  Kady Brownell

  Botkin, B. A. A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends, and Folklore. pp. 130–133, 137–139. New York: Random House, 1960.

  Bowman, John S. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. p. 32. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books, 1989.

  Chang, Ina. A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War. p. 49. New York: Lodestar Books, 1991.

  Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Part 3. p. 1634. Regimental Histories. Rhode Island Volunteers 1st Infantry Regiment. The Civil War CD-ROM. Carmel, Indiana: Guild Press of Indiana, Inc., 1997.

  Ibid. Part 3. p. 1635. Regimental Histories. Rhode Island Volunteers 5th Infantry Regiment. The Civil War CD-ROM. Carmel, Indiana: Guild Press of Indiana, Inc., 1997.

  Hall, Richard. Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. pp. 4–6. New York: Paragon House, 1993.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 113–121. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  _____. Yankee Women. p. 173. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1994.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. pp. 69–70. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. pp. 69–70. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Moore. Frank. Women of the War. pp. 54–64. Hartford, Connecticut: S. S. Scranton and Co., 1867.

  Anna Blair Etheridge

  Bowman, John S. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. p. 73. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Brockett, L.P., and Mary Vaughan. Woman’s Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism and Patience. pp. 749–753. Philadelphia: Ziegler, McCurdy Co., 1867.

  Conklin, E. F. Women at Gettysburg 1863. pp. 93–104. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Chronicle staff. “The Vivandiere again.” Daily Morning Chronicle. Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 1864.

  Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Part 3. p. 1281. Regimental Histories. Michigan Volunteers 2nd Infantry Regiment. The Civil War CD-ROM. Carmel, Indiana: Guild Press of Indiana, 1997.

  Ibid. Part 3. p. 1282. Regimental Histories. Michigan Volunteers 3rd Infantry Regiment.

  Ibid. Part 3. p. 1283. Regimental Histories. Michigan Volunteers 5th Infantry Regiment.

  Foenander, Terry. Civil War News. p. 14. Toowoomba, QLD, Australia: Harrison Printing Co. Pty. Ltd., 2000.

  Hall, Richard. Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. pp. 33–45. New York: Paragon House, 1993.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 106–113. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  _____. Yankee Women. pp. 173–175. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Millbrook, Minnie Dubb
s. “Michigan Women Who Went to War.” p. 22. Michigan Women in the Civil War. Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1963.

  Moore, Frank. Woman of the War. pp. 513–518. Hartford, Connecticut: S.S. Scranton and Co., 1867.

  Marie Tepe

  Conklin, E. F. Women at Gettysburg 1863. pp. 105–110. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Goolrick, William K., and the editors of Time-Life Books. “French Mary’s Wartime Odyssey.” p. 70. The Civil War: Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1985.

  Hall, Richard. Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. pp. 6–8, 199, 203. New York: Paragon House, 1993.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 150–151. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Notable Daughters of the Regiment

  BRIDGET DIVERS

  Bowman, John S. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. p. 168. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Conklin, E. F. Women at Gettysburg 1863. pp. 138–144. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Davis, Burke. The Civil War: Strange and Fascinating Facts. p. 144. New York: The Fairfax Press, 1982.

  Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Part 3. p. 1269. Regimental Histories. Michigan Volunteers 1st Cavalry Regiment. 2nd Infantry Regiment. The Civil War CD-ROM. Carmel, Indiana: Guild Press of Indiana, Inc., 1997.

  Hall, Richard. Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. pp. 28–32, 98, 199, 202. New York: Paragon House, 1993.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 121–125, 130, 132. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  _____. Yankee Women. pp. 173–175. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1994.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. pp. 70, 78, 85. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. pp. 70, 78, 85. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Moore, Frank. Women of the War. pp. 109–112. Hartford, Connecticut: S. S. Scranton and Co., 1867.

  BELLE REYNOLDS

  Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Part 3. p. 1052. Regimental Histories. Illinois Volunteers 17th Infantry Regiment. The Civil War CD-ROM. Carmel, Indiana: Guild Press of Indiana, Inc., 1997.

  Hall, Richard. Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. pp. 6–8, 8–12, 199. New York: Paragon House, 1993.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 125–131. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. pp. 69, 353. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. pp. 69, 353. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Moore, Frank. Women of the War. pp. 254, 277. Hartford, Connecticut: S. S. Scranton and Co., 1867.

  Emma Sansom

  Botkin, B. A. A Civil War Treasury of Tales Legends and Folklore. p. 255. New York: Random House, 1960.

  Bowman, John S. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. p. 76. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. p. 104. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. p. 104. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Vandiver, Frank E. 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War. p. 153. New York: Random House, 1999.

  Waugh, Charles G., and Martin H. Greenberg. The Woman’s War in the South: Recollections and Reflections of the American Civil War. pp. 119–126. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House Publications, Inc., 1999.

  Anna Ella Carroll

  Blackwell, Sarah E. A Military Genius: The Life of Anna Ella Carroll. 2 Volumes. Washington, D.C., (1891–1895)

  Bowman, John S. The Civil War Almanac. pp. 321–322. New York: Gallery Books, 1983.

  _____. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. pp. 43, 76, 97. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Carroll, Anna Ella. “The Tennessee Plan.” (Handwritten Document). Maryland Historic Society. Baltimore, Maryland: November 30, 1861.

  Greenbie, Marjorie Barstow. My Dear Lady. New York: Whittlesey House, 1940.

  Larson, Rebecca D. Blue and Gray Roses of Intrigue. pp. 34–35. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. pp. 168–170, 320. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. pp. 168–170, 320. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Barbara Frietchie

  Bailey, Ronald H., and the editors of Time-Life Books. “The Making of a Union Heroine.” p. 20. The Civil War: The Bloodiest Day: The Battle of Antietam. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1984.

  Bowman, John S. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. p. 85. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Davis, Burke. The Civil War: Strange and Fascinating Facts. pp. 86–89. New York: The Fairfax Press, 1982.

  Garrison, Webb. A Treasury of Civil War Tales. pp. 80–83, 184–185. New York: Ballantine Books, 1988.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. pp. 168–169. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Vandiver, Frank E. 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War. p. 63. New York: Random House, 1999.

  Civil War Heroines

  LOLA, PANCHITA, AND EUGENIA SANCHEZ

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. p. 67. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Underwood, J. L. The Women of the Confederacy. New York: Neale Publishing, 1906.

  ANTOINETTE POLK

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. p. 68. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. p. 104. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. p. 104. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.

  Simkins, Francis Butler, and James Welch Patton. The Women of the Confederacy. New York: Garret and Massey, 1936. Reprinted—St. Clair Shores, Michigan: Scholarly Press, 1976.

  LAURA RATCLIFFE

  Bakeless, John. Spies of the Confederacy. pp. 62–63. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1970.

  Larson, Rebecca D. Blue and Gray Roses of Intrigue. pp. 37–38. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Markle, Donald E. Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War. pp. 168, 201. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.

  Russell, Charles E. Memoirs of Colonel John Mosby. pp. 21, 46, 93. Boston, Massachusetts, 1917. n.p.

  NANCY HART

  Hall, Richard. Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. pp. 104, 198, 203. New York: Paragon House, 1993.

  Larson, Rebecca D. Blue and Gray Roses of Intrigue. p. 49. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. p. 91. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Markle, Donald E. Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War. pp. 168, 201. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.

  CLARA JUDD

  Bakeless, John. Spies for the Confederacy. pp. 214–215. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1970.

  Larson, Rebecca D. Blue and Gray Roses of Intrigue. p. 39. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993.

  Sarah E. Thompson

  Bowman, John S. The Civil War Almanac. pp. 360–361. New York: Gallery Books, 1983.

  _____. The Civil War Day by Day. p. 176. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1989.

  _____. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. pp. 122–123. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Hoehling, A.A. Women Who Spied. pp. 26–40. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1967.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. p. 69. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  “Sarah E. Thompson Papers.” Special Collections Library. Duke
University. Durham, North Carolina.

  Schutzer, A. I. Great Civil War Escapes. pp. 77–119. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1967.

  Stern, Philip Van Doren. Secret Missions of the Civil War. pp. 155–167. New York: Bonanza Books, 1990.

  Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke

  Bailey, Ronald H., and the editors of Time-Life Books. “Sherman on the March.” pp. 24–26. The Civil War. Battles for Atlanta: Sherman Moves East. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1985.

  Baker, Nina Brown. Cyclone in Calico: The Story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke. Boston, Massachusetts. Little, Brown and Company, 1952.

  Botkin, B. A. A Civil War Treasury of Tales Legends and Folklore. pp. 140–141. New York: Random House, 1960.

  Bowman, John S. Encyclopedia of the Civil War. p. 26. Greenwich, Connecticut: Brompton Books Corp., 1992.

  Brocket, L.P., and Mary Vaughan. Woman’s Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism and Patience. pp. 165–170, 172–186. Philadelphia: Ziegler, McCurdy and Co., 1867.

  Chang, Ina. A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War. pp. 41–43. New York: Lodestar Books, 1991.

  Jackson, Donald Dale, and the editors of Time-Life Books. “An Artery of Love.” pp. 128–130. The Civil War. Twenty Million Yankees: The Northern Home Front. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1985.

  Leonard, Elizabeth D. All the Daring of the Soldier. p. xx. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1999.

  Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades. pp. 48–49. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1966.

  _____. Women in the Civil War. pp. 48–49. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press Bison Books, 1994.