Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy · Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Abbott, Karen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Dedication Contents 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 Bibliography Index About the Author Also by Karen Abbott Back Ad Credits Copyright About the Publisher