Abstract
Over the past decade, historians have focused new attention on the subject of gender and war, exploring how women have participated in the military. What limits and opposition to military service have they experienced? Under what conditions have new opportunities emerged? And how do American gender systems and military culture interact? To various degrees, the authors address these questions, examining how female soldiers enlisted in Civil War armies and avoided detection; what combat and noncombat duties they performed; under what conditions and with what consequences their sex was revealed; to what extent their activities were known; and by what criteria their behavior was adjudged.
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