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- 1 2 3 Monson, Marianne (2018). Women of the Blue and Gray. Shadow Mountain. p. 21. ISBN 9781629724157.
- ↑ Cordell, Melinda (2016). "She Rode in the Front Ranks". Courageous Women of the Civil War: Soldiers, Spies, Medics, and More. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1613732038.