The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation - Littlefield History of the Civil War Era

Historians of the Civil War often speak of “wars within a war” - the military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women's roles and lives in the Civil War.