The Journal of Women's Civil War History: From the Home Front to the Front Lines - Accounts of the Sacrifice, Achievement, and Service of American Women, 1861-1865

Records the stories of women's sacrifice, achievement, and service to their country and to their men during the Amercan Civil War (1861-1865).

Table of Contents Vol. 1: "Once upon a time in the east ..." : Arabella Wharton Griffith Barlow / Don Richard Lauter -- "No place for a woman" : City, Point, Virginia, 1864-1865 / Jeanne Christie -- "Under the canopy of heaven" : military laundresses of the Civil War / Virginia Mescher -- "With heroic patience" : civilian activities in support of the 7th South Carolina Volunteers / Betsy Estilow -- " ... A memorial to her" : the story of Anna Marie Ross and the Cooper Shop Refreshment Saloon / Ronald L. Waddell -- "You have no idea what I have gone through ..." : letters from behind the lines to prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland / Susan Youhn -- Pvt. Jane Perkins, CSA / DeAnne Blanton -- West Virginia women and the Civil War military pension system / Hannah Geffert -- Catherine S. Lawrence / Kim Marie Howe -- Hospital scenes / Miss Emily Mason.

Table of Contents Vol. 2: "Against all odds : women doctors who served in the Civil War" / Mercedes Graf -- "Into the keeping of a trustworthy woman : the private army of Ella Louise Wolcott" / Meg Galante-DeAngelis -- "The anatomy of a CDV : Ella Louise Wolcott" / Meg Galante-DeAngelis -- "If a lady can't, a woman can : the women of Sharpsburg" / Kathleen Ernst -- "They called her captain : The amazing life of Emily Virginia Mason" / Karen Rae Mehaffey -- "Ships of war-ships of hope : the women and their hospital ships in the Mississippi Valley campaigns of the Civil War" / Ronald Waddell -- "The life and times of Fanny Haralson Gordon, Confederate heroine" / Tommie Phillips LaCavera -- "When the pen becomes a sword : the propaganda of Anna Ella Carroll and Augusta Jane Evans" / Sara Bartlett -- "Who did that : women's roles in the Civil War" / Juanita Leisch.