CONTENTS
DEDICATION
SPLENDID AND SILENT SUNS (A NOTE)
PART ONE: 1861
THE FASTEST GIRL IN VIRGINIA (OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER)
OUR WOMAN
A SHAFT IN HER QUIVER
AS IF THEY WERE CHASED BY DEMONS
NEVER AS PRETTY AS HER PORTRAIT SHOWS
LITTLE REBEL HEART ON FIRE
ADMIRABLE SELF-DENIAL
THE BIRDS OF THE AIR
THE SECRET ROOM
STAKEOUT
HARD TO NAME
CRINOLINE AND QUININE
DARK AND GLOOMY PERILS
UNMASKED
THE DEFENSELESS SEX
PART TWO: 1862
NOT YOUR IDEAL OF A BEAUTIFUL SOLDIER
SHE WILL FOOL YOU OUT OF YOUR EYES
REBEL VIXENS OF THE SLAVE STATES
WISE AS SERPENTS AND HARMLESS AS DOVES
A WOMAN USUALLY TELLS ALL SHE KNOWS
A SLAVE CALLED “NED”
PERFECTLY INSANE ON THE SUBJECT OF MEN
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER
MY LOVE TO ALL THE DEAR BOYS
ONE GRAIN OF MANHOOD
THE MADAM LOOKS MUCH CHANGED
THE SECESH CLEOPATRA
THE BRIGHT RUSH OF LIFE, THE HURRY OF DEATH
SHE BREATHES, SHE BURNS
THE STILL, SMALL VOICE
RICHMOND UNDERGROUND
PLAYING DEAD
PART THREE: 1863
WHEN YOU THINK HE MAY BE KILLED TOMORROW
BREAD OR BLOOD
A WEAN THAT’S BORN TO BE HUNG
A DREADFUL BLOW
NO ONE IGNORANT OF THE DANGER
LA BELLE REBELLE
WOMEN MAKE WAR UPON EACH OTHER
PLEASE GIVE US SOME OF YOUR BLOOD
PART FOUR: 1864
THAT UNHAPPY COUNTRY
DESPICABLE REMEDIES
THE SANCTUARY OF A MODEST GIRL
YOU ARE VERY POOR COMPANY
BE PRUDENT AND NEVER COME AGAIN
GOOD-BYE, MRS. GREENHOW
THIS VERDICT OF LUNACY
THE DELICACY OF THE SITUATION
NOT AT ALL CHANGED BY DEATH
THE SWEET LITTLE MAN
LIKE MOST OF HER SEX
PART FIVE: 1865
THE WAY A CHILD LOVES ITS MOTHER
AS THIS MIGHTY WORK WAS DONE
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
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INDEX
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