"Skillful editing and [a] thoughtful introduction complement genuine detective work....Pathbreaking."--Catherine Clinton, editor of Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War"Burgess has done remarkable detective work in editing the letters and in piecing together the story of Wakeman's life up to the time of her death."--Georgia Historical Quarterly"Fascinating....Her letters, brief and simple as they are, plus the excellent introduction, notes, and photos, expand the horizons of the terrible tragedy of the War between the States."--KLIATT"Should be of great interest."--The Herald"A fascinating story, and retold by just the right person--Burgess once went to court to win the right to participate in previously all-male Civil War battle re-enactments."--San Jose Mercury News"Author Lauren Cook Burgess fill the...book's...pages with lengthy explanatory notes, photographs, maps, and orders of battles."--The Herald, Rock Hill, SC"Intriguing....Highly recommended."--Library Journal"There may be no more unvarnished and eloquent record of how American women went to war in the 1860s than the letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman."--Smithsonian Magazine"These letters are more than uncommon; they are unique....Superb."--James M. McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom"Skillful editing and [a] thoughtful introduction compliment genuine detective work....Pathbreaking."--Catherine Clinton, editor of Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War"A work of exceptional importance....Remarkable."--Blue and Grey Magazine
