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References
- 1 2 3 4 Eggleston 2003 [ page needed ]
- 1 2 Blanton 2002 [ page needed ]
- ↑ Allard 2011.
Works cited
- Allard, John (2011-12-15). "Women of the Civil War, by Larry Eggleston: Fanny Wilson and Nellie Graves: Friends, and Soldiers". womenincivilwarjohn.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15.
- Blanton, DeAnne (2002). They fought like demons : women soldiers in the American Civil War . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9780807128060. OCLC 315917223.
- Eggleston, Larry (2003). Women in the Civil War : extraordinary stories of soldiers, spies, nurses, doctors, crusaders, and others . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476607818. OCLC 872371006.