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Title: In Civil War, Woman Fought Like A Man For Freedom
Post by: Shana A on May 24, 2009, 02:34:10 PM
Post by: Shana A on May 24, 2009, 02:34:10 PM
In Civil War, Woman Fought Like A Man For Freedom
by Linda Paul
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104452266 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104452266)
Weekend Edition Sunday, May 24, 2009 ยท Albert D.J. Cashier was the shortest soldier in the 95th Illinois Infantry. In one of the few existing photographs of Cashier during the Civil War, you can faintly detect the outline of breasts under his uniform.
But that's if you're looking for it. And the military apparently was not. "They didn't conduct physical exams in those days, the way the military does now," says Rodney Davis, a retired professor of history at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. "What they were looking for was warm bodies."
by Linda Paul
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104452266 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104452266)
Weekend Edition Sunday, May 24, 2009 ยท Albert D.J. Cashier was the shortest soldier in the 95th Illinois Infantry. In one of the few existing photographs of Cashier during the Civil War, you can faintly detect the outline of breasts under his uniform.
But that's if you're looking for it. And the military apparently was not. "They didn't conduct physical exams in those days, the way the military does now," says Rodney Davis, a retired professor of history at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. "What they were looking for was warm bodies."
Title: Re: In Civil War, Woman Fought Like A Man For Freedom
Post by: Natasha on May 25, 2009, 11:20:58 AM
Post by: Natasha on May 25, 2009, 11:20:58 AM
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=34370 (http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=34370)
Title: Re: In Civil War, Woman Fought Like A Man For Freedom
Post by: gennee on May 25, 2009, 08:17:10 PM
Post by: gennee on May 25, 2009, 08:17:10 PM
Thank you for the websites. I read the article and was greatly moved by Albert Hodges story.
Gennee
Gennee
Title: Re: In Civil War, Woman Fought Like A Man For Freedom
Post by: GinaDouglas on May 26, 2009, 04:04:49 PM
Post by: GinaDouglas on May 26, 2009, 04:04:49 PM
Hundreds of women impersonated men to fight in the Civil War, for both sides. Rita Mae Brown wrote an excellent novel about one such, High Hearts.