Research Catalog

Title

Women of the Revolution : bravery and sacrifice on the Southern battlefields / Robert M. Dunkerly.

Author

Dunkerly, Robert M.

Publication

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2007.

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Details

Description

156 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

Each of the Southern Revolutionary battlefields holds the history of soldiers and legends of women. From the wooded slopes of Kings Mountain to the fields of Cowpens, to the lesser-known sites like Fishing Creek and Hanging Rock, author Robert M. Dunkerly uncovers the stories and legends surrounding the women who were caught up in the struggle. This book serves not only as a study of the battles, but also as a chronicle of the experiences of women in the eighteenth century. Some were camp followers attached to the armies, while others were civilians caught in the line of fire. Women were present on nearly every battlefield, and their stories are told here for the first time. -- Publisher.

Subject

• 1700-1799
• Women > Southern States > History > 18th century
• Women > Southern States > Biography
• Military campaigns
• Social aspects
• Women
• Southern States > History > Women. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States > History > Women. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• Southern States > History > Social aspects. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States > History > Social aspects. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• Southern States > History > Campaigns. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States > History > Campaigns. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• Southern States
• United States

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156).

Contents

The values of the eighteenth-century world -- The eighteenth-century woman -- Moores Creek, North Carolina, February 27, 1776 -- Savannah, Georgia, September 16-October 19, 1779 -- Spring and summer 1780 -- Charleston, South Carolina, April 2-May 12, 1780 -- Brattonsville, South Carolina (Williamson's Plantation), July 12, 1780 -- Hanging Rock, South Carolina, August 6, 1780 -- Camden, South Carolina, August 16, 1780 -- Fishing Creek, South Carolina, August 18, 1780 -- Stallions, South Carolina, summer 1780 -- Fall 1780 -- Kings Mountain, South Carolina, October 7, 1780 -- Winter 1780-81 -- Cowpens, South Carolina, January 17, 1781 -- Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, March 15, 1781 -- Spring and summer 1781 -- Fort Motte, South Carolina, May 8-May 12, 1781 -- Ninety Six, South Carolina, May 22-June 19, 17891 -- Alston House, North Carolina (House In the Horseshoe), July 29, 1781 -- Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, September 8, 1781 -- Lindley's Mill, North Carolina, September 13, 1781 -- Southeastern North Carolina, spring 1781 -- Bacon's Bridge, South Carolina, summer 1782.

ISBN

• 9781596293892
• 1596293896

LCCN

2007040045

OCLC

• ocn176648798
• 176648798
• SCSB-9522173

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library