WOMEN OF THE WAR, 1866 Frank Moore, Civil War First Edition, Many Engravings

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WOMEN OF THE WAR, 1866 Frank Moore, Civil War First Edition, Many Engravings:
$29.95

TITLE Women of the War ; Their Heroism and Self-Sacrifice
AUTHOR Frank Moore

PUBLISHER AND COPYRIGHT

S. S. Scranton & Co. 1866. First edition.

SIZE and ATTRIBUTES

Hardcover book measuring 6\" x 9\" 596 pages. Illustrated with steel has some rubbing and one small hole in cloth on front cover.Some stains on page block. Some light foxing and stains, mainly on some of thetissue guards atop full page engravings.Tissue guard on frontispieceappears to be missing.Lightly toned pages. Good binding.

COMMENTS

\"The story of the war will never be fully or fairly written if the achievements of women in it are untold.\"

Here are some women who shared the war\'s perils and \"ought toinherit its glories\", according to the author. Their experiences are varied, and include both sufferings and adventures, the narration of which cannot fail to warm the heart and excite the admiration where ever they are read.

Included are the story of Fanny Ricketts, Mary Brady, Kady Brownell, P B. Hurd, Margaret E Brekingridge, Elida Rumsey Fowle, Bridge Divers, Isabella Fogg, Mary W. Lee, Mis Major Paulline Cushman, Mrs. John Harris, Mary E Shelton, Carrie Sheads, Stephen Barker, Belle Reynolds, Charlotte E McKay, Mary Morris, Mrs. E. E. George, Anna Maria Ross, Mrs. A. H. Hoge. Emily W. Dana, S Burger Stearns, Harriet W. F. Hawley, Maria M C Hall, Mrs. Governor Harvey, Amy M Bradley, Rebecca R Usher, Mother Byckerdyke, Ann Hitz, Lizzie Aiken and Mrs. Sturgis, Mary E Dupee, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Anna Etheridge, A. Shelton, Georgiana Willets, Nelly M Chase, and Jane Boswell Moore.

With a special chapters about Gettysburg, and Fort Pillow, women as soldiers, southern women, women\'s sacrifices and sanitary laborers.

A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

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