A Secret History Of Civil War-Era Women (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Think Civil War and you’re likely to think boys in blue and gray.  Horse, cannon, cutlass and men at war.  But the Civil War pulled women in to its web of conflict as well.  Some in most daring, dramatic fashion.  On the backroads and battlefields, and in darkened parlors where secrets, battle plans, and urgent messages made their way.  A new history tells the stories of four women who soldiered and spied, for the North, for the South.  Bold and daring women.  This hour On Point: “ Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy – four women undercover in the Civil War.” / Tom Ashbrook

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/09/02/civil-war-women-american-history