No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame's Civil War (Pride, Gallman,W) monocacy which was surrounded at Appomattox

which was surrounded at Appomattox and compelled to surrender

this concise volume is a vivid depiction of the painfully slow march of all Americans―white and black

So begins this epic work―named a best book of the year by the Washington Post

along the banks of the North Anna River

and published accounts of Union and Confederate veterans

No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame's Civil War (Pride, Gallman,W) monocacy which was surrounded at Appomattoxby Mike Pride, Forward by J. Matthew Gallman n June of 1861, 46 year old Harriet Patience Dame joined the Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a matron. No Place for a Woman recounts her dedicated service throughout the Civil War. She camped with the regiment on campaign, nursed its wounded after many major battles, and carried out important wartime missions for her state and the Union cause. Late in the 19th century, she battled