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.
#507443 in Books Abbott Carl Leonard 2013-06-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.40 x 6.00l; 1.79 #File Name: 1607322269572 pagesColorado
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