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Popular images of women during the American Civil War include self-sacrificing nurses, romantic spies, and brave ladies maintaining hearth and home in the absence of their men. However, as DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook show in their remarkable new study, that conventional picture does not tell the entire story. Hundreds of women assumed male aliases, disguised themselves in men’s uniforms, and charged into battle as Union and Confederate soldiers—facing down not only the guns of the adversary but also the gender prejudices of society. They Fought Like Demons is the first book to fully explore and explain these women, their experiences as combatants, and the controversial issues surro...
THE STORY: Emily is love sick. Her husband has left her for a younger woman. She's killed one man who's crossed her. And worse, she's started smoking again. Family and friends offer no help. And group therapy ends up disappointing her. Can a mysterious ma
Michael Reasor (1760-1843), a Revolutionary War soldier, was born at Winchester, Virginia, the son of Michael Reasor (1735-1829), and a descendant of Wellington Reasor, immigrant of 1653. He married Anna Herbert (1760-1847) at Winchester in 1782. They had eleven children, 1782-1805. The family migrated to Spencer County, Kentucky, in 1797. He died at Little Mountain, Spencer County, Kentucky, and is buried in the Little Mountain Cemetery. Descendants lived in Kentucky, Utah, Idaho, Texas, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, and elsewhere.