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"This lively and authoritative book opens a hitherto neglected chapter of Civil War history, telling the stories of hundreds of women who adopted male disguise and fought as soldiers. It explores their reasons for enlisting; their experiences in combat, and the way they were seen by their fellow soldiers and the American public."
Blanton, D.A. (2003, September 9). They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War can be found on Amazon for less than $3.00
"Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead takes us through the life of a middle class seamstress who wrote one of the only preserved diaries of a black woman in the country."
Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emlie Frances
"Hundreds of women secretly joined the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Some women were brazen enough to enlist as self-appointed officers, or double as female spies."
The Secret Lives of Some Soldiers
Smithsonian Channel, (2014, May 2) Civil War 360
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Excerpt from the feature documentary Rebel, about Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Civil War soldier and spy. It is estimated about a thousand women disguised themselves as men to fight as soldiers for the Union and for the Confederacy. Countless other women also served as secret agents."
Women Civil War Soldiers - Educatoinal Short