"Skillful editing and [a] thoughtful introduction complement genuine detective work....Pathbreaking."
Catherine Clinton, editor of Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War "Burgess has done remarkable detective work in editing the letters and in piecing together the story of Wakeman's life up to the time of her death."
Georgia Historical Quarterly "Fascinating....Her letters, brief and simple as they are, plus the excellent introduction, ... Read morenotes, and photos, expand the horizons of the terrible tragedy of the War between the States."
KLIATT "Should be of great interest."
The Herald "A fascinating story, and retold by just the right person
Burgess once went to court to win the right to participate in previously all-male Civil War battle re-enactments."
San Jose Mercury News "Author Lauren Cook Burgess fill the...book's...pages with lengthy explanatory notes, photographs, maps, and orders of battles."
The Herald, Rock Hill, SC "Intriguing....Highly recommended."
Library Journal "There may be no more unvarnished and eloquent record of how American women went to war in the 1860s than the letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman."
Smithsonian Magazine "These letters are more than uncommon; they are unique....Superb."
James M. McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom "Skillful editing and [a] thoughtful introduction compliment genuine detective work....Pathbreaking."
Catherine Clinton, editor of Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War "A work of exceptional importance....Remarkable."
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