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An Uncommon Soldier

The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864

An Uncommon Soldier( )
Author: Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta
Editor: Burgess, Lauren Cook
Foreword by: McPherson, James M.
ISBN:978-0-19-510243-7
Publication Date:Feb 1996
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.99
Book Description:

This book collects the only known group of letters from one of over an estimated 400 women who served in the Civil War under assumed male names and identities.

Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (Dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
History / Military / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.956 x 5.265 x 0.296 Inches
Book Weight:0.242 Pounds
Author Biography
Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta (Author)
James M. McPherson is the author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, which won a Pulitzer Prize in history, and For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, a Lincoln Prize winner. He is the George Henry Davis Professor of American History at Princeton University in New Jersey, where he also lives.

His newest book, entitled Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth with a short, but detailed look at this president's life. 030



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