Research Guides: Women & the American Civil War: Books

Recommended Books

Exile to sweet Dixie : the story of Euphemia Goldsborough, Confederate nurse and smuggler by Eileen F. Conklin
Call Number: Maryland Stacks | E625.W55 C66 1998
ISBN: 1577470443

Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign by Kathleen Ernst
Call Number: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks | E474.61 .E76 1999
ISBN: 0811716023
Mid-Maryland History : Conflict, Growth and Change by Barbara M. Powell and Michael A. Powell
Call Number: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks | F187.F8 M54 2008
ISBN: 9781596294561
Includes information on Civil War nursing in Maryland by the daughters of charity.
A Private War : Letters and Diaries of Madge Preston, 1862-1867 by Virginia Walcott Beauchamp
Call Number: UMCP HBK Library Maryland Room Maryland Stacks | HV6626 .P73 1987
ISBN: 0813512069
Maryland Voices of the Civil War by Charles W. Mitchell
Call Number: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks | E512 .M58 2007
ISBN: 9780801886218
also UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks | E512 .M58 2007
A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War by Stephen B. Oates
Call Number: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks | HV569.B3 O3 1995
ISBN: 0028740122
Wild Rose: the True Story of a Civil War Spy by Ann Blackman
Call Number: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks | E608.G83 B53 2006
ISBN: 0812970454
Civil War Maryland: Stories from the "Old Line State" by Richard P. Cox
Call Number: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Stacks | E512 .C695 2008
ISBN: 9781596294196
The Divided Family in Civil War America by Amy Murrell Taylor
Call Number: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks | E468.9 .T38 2005
ISBN: 0807829692
Battle Scars: Gender and Sexuality in the American Civil War by Catherine Clinton and Nina Silber, ed.
Call Number: UMCP Online Resources NetLibrary eBooks | HQ1075.5.U6 B38 2006eb
ISBN: 142940034X
An eBook.
Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Homefront by Judith Giesberg
Call Number: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks | E628 .G538 2009

Recommended Subject Search Terms

These terms will help you find items in the catalog pertaining to Women and the American Civil War. From the UMD Libraries hompage chose the "Classic Catalog" link (under the main search box) and then select "Subject beginning with..." from the drop-down menu. Cut and paste one of the bulleted terms below exactly as it appears below:

General

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Civilian relief
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social Aspects
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women--Bibliography
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Women -- History -- 19th century

State of Maryland

Baltimore (Md.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates
Riots -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century
Slavery--Maryland
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Maryland

People (Maryland related)

Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
Carroll, Anna Ella, 1815-1894
Fritchie, Barbara, 1766-1862
Greenhow, Rose O’Neal, 1814-1864
Gunby, Clara, 1839-1890--Diaries
Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913
Wilson, Euphemia Mary Goldsborough, 1836-1896

Battles (Maryland related)

Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
Maryland Campaign, 1862
Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
Monocacy, Battle of, Md., 1864
Maryland Campaign, 1864
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.), Battle of, 1864

Nursing and Health

Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Military nursing--United States--History--19th century
Nurses -- Confederate State of America -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Health aspects
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical Care

Additional Topics

Children -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Costume -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Spies -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Women & the American Civil War

Where Can I Find These Materials on Campus?

Library of Congress Catalog

Recommended Books

Recommended Subject Search Terms