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Gr 5-8 Women's history continues to be a burgeoning field, especially the study of women who fought in the Civil War. Silvey offers insights into the soldiers' daily lives in hospitals and prisons and on the battlefields, including Antietam and Bull Run. Interjected into this brief survey are the stories of the women, some of whom joined the military, both Union and Confederate, to follow their husbands or sweethearts, and others who were passionate about the cause...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Female Civil War soldiers (disguised as men) weren't as rare as the history books might have you think. Former Horn Book editor Silvey's first book for young people explores this little-known chapter of history with numerous primary source references and thought-provoking commentary. Why did these women fight? How did they pass as men? How did they hold up to the daily life of a soldier...and the heat of the battlefield? And how did the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Why did women, disguised as men, fight in the Civil War? How did they pass? And how did these remarkable women transition back into civi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In I’ll Pass for Your Comrade, Anita Silvey delivers first-person accounts to describe one of the most overlooked aspects of the Civil War: women disguised as men in order to serve as soldiers. By using specific examples of women from both the North and the South, Silvey explains the reasons women wanted to join men in war and the ways in which they were able to succeed in their well-founded deception. The book highlights the irony that, in a certain sense, gender stereotypes made it easier for wo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More