Liar temptress soldier spy

Author Karen Abbott seeks a welcome redress to this neglect with Liar Temptress Soldier Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, an exciting and extremely well-written, if deeply flawed account of some ladies who made a significant contribution to the war effort, north and south. With a few notable exceptions-Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Mary Todd Lincoln-female figures largely appear in the literature as bit players, if they make an appearance at all. Women are conspicuously absent in most Civil War chronicles.