{"id":77414,"date":"2019-07-03T22:45:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T03:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=77414"},"modified":"2019-07-03T22:45:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T03:45:34","slug":"behind-the-rifle-women-soldiers-in-civil-war-mississippi-author-shelby-harriel-at-off-square-books-wednesday-july-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/behind-the-rifle-women-soldiers-in-civil-war-mississippi-author-shelby-harriel-at-off-square-books-wednesday-july-10\/","title":{"rendered":"“Behind the Rifle: Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi” Author Shelby Harriel at Off Square Books Wednesday, July 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is the first study with a regional focus of the role women soldiers played in the Civil War.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Shelby Harriel<\/strong> is an instructor of mathematics at Pearl River Community College<\/strong>. Her research on women soldiers of the Civil War has been published in various newspapers, magazines, websites, blogs, and brochures for the National Park Service and state historic sites. She has given numerous presentations about women soldiers in over ten states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Civil War<\/strong>, Mississippi<\/strong>\u2019s strategic location bordering the Mississippi River<\/strong> and the state\u2019s system of railroads drew the attention of opposing forces who clashed in major battles for control over these resources. The names of these engagements\u2014Vicksburg, Jackson, Port Gibson, Corinth, Iuka, Tupelo<\/strong>, and Brice\u2019s Crossroads<\/strong>\u2014along with the narratives of the men who fought there resonate in Civil War literature. However, Mississippi\u2019s chronicle of military involvement in the Civil War is not one of men alone. Surprisingly, there were a number of female soldiers disguised as males who stood shoulder to shoulder with them on the firing lines across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind the Rifle: Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a groundbreaking study that discusses women soldiers with a connection to Mississippi\u2014either those who hailed from the Magnolia State or those from elsewhere who fought in Mississippi battles. Readers will learn who they were, why they chose to fight at a time when military service for women was banned, and the horrors they experienced. Included are two maps and over twenty period photographs of locations relative to the stories of these female fighters along with images of some of the women themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The product of over ten years of research, this work provides new details of formerly recorded female fighters, debunks some cases, and introduces over twenty previously undocumented ones. Among these are women soldiers who were involved in such battles beyond Mississippi as Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg. Readers will also find new documentation regarding female fighters held as prisoners of war in such notorious prisons as Andersonville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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