How did Civil War women deal with the loss of their husbands?

Angela Elder discusses how widows dealt with the loss of their husbands during and after the Civil War.

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DAVIS: Inventing Loreta Velasquez (2016)

Inventing Loretta Velasquez: Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrity, and Con Artist by William C. Davis. Southern Illinois University Press, 2016.  Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809335220.  $39.95. Loreta Velasquez allegedly posed as Lieutenant Harry…