Capital dames : the Civil War and the women of Washington, 1848-1868
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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015].
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9780062002761, 0062002767, 9780062002778, 0062002775
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015].
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Book
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x, 494 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
ISBN
9780062002761, 0062002767, 9780062002778, 0062002775

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Map on lining papers.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-492).
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With the outbreak of the Civil War, the small, social Southern town of Washington, D.C. found itself caught between warring sides in a four-year battle that would determine the future of the United States. After the declaration of secession, many fascinating Southern women left the city, leaving their friends--such as Adele Cutts Douglas and Elizabeth Blair Lee--to grapple with questions of safety and sanitation as the capital was transformed into an immense Union army camp and later a hospital. With their husbands, brothers, and fathers marching off to war, either on the battlefield or in the halls of Congress, the women of Washington joined the cause as well. And more women went to the Capital City to enlist as nurses, supply organizers, relief workers, and journalists. Many risked their lives making munitions in a highly flammable arsenal, toiled at the Treasury Department printing greenbacks to finance the war, and plied their needlework skills at The Navy Yard--once the sole province of men--to sew canvas gunpowder bags for the troops. Sifting through newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries--many never before published--Roberts brings the war-torn capital into focus through the lives of its formidable women.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Roberts, C. (2015). Capital dames: the Civil War and the women of Washington, 1848-1868 (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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Roberts, Cokie. 2015. Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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Roberts, Cokie. Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868 Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

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Roberts, Cokie. Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868 First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

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