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I'll Pass For Your Comrade: Women Soldiers In The Civil War (2008)

by Anita Silvey(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0618574913 (ISBN13: 9780618574919)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Clarion Books

review 1: Silvey, Anita. I’ll Pass for your Comrade. New York: Clarion Books, 2008 (nonfiction)Silvey takes the reader through the linear journey of women’s involvement in the Civil War. Starting with an explanation of motives (money, kinship, sense of duty) to preparation to combat and finally to the aftermath of the war. Silvey highlights the journey of a few specific women using authentic materials such as journals, dismissal papers, and post-war interviews for those who came forward as women soldiers. I’ll Pass for your Comrade includes photographs, lithographs, and paintings of the Civil War pieces with captions.Students were intrigued by the concept of female soldier (despite Nobi’s inappropriate situation) will look to this as somewhat of an origin story for women i... moren the military. It can be read as a whole text, but is easily broken up into pieces either to look at the journey of one specific woman in comparison to Nobi or to look at one feature of life for women in the Civil War such as disguise or dismissal. It is easily read by 5th and 6th graders studying Virginia history and into 10th grade as they look at women’s movement and the United States history in the 19th century.Accuracy – Silvey uses authentic pieces from the time including newspaper articles, interview, journals, and letters. She includes a bibliography of her research.Authority – Silvey has written other books on Civil War soldiers and edits the 100 Best books for teens anthologies published by Houghton Mifflin.Relevance – Perfect in conjunction with Civil War history and looking at historical narratives.Appropriateness – The issues of death, pregnancy, and injury is discussed, but nothing in uncomfortable detail. The stories and details would be interesting to the middle school reader, focusing on disguise, deceit, and getting caught.Scope – The story takes a focused look at an often overlooked topic. Several facets of sneaking into the army are discussed.Literary Merit – The tone is conversational.Value – A solid contribution to the civil war books from the women’s perspective.
review 2: I'll Pass For Your Comrade gives a brief, introductory look at the women soldiers in the Civil War. It talks about a few examples on either side and goes through what a woman had to do to enlist, to maintain a disguise, and to fight in the war. There are also chapters that briefly discuss war prisons and hospitals and what women would do once discovered. This book is very introductory when it comes to the topic of women in the Civil War. It was also a little confusing it would jump around to different women in different places and it would also refer to the same woman at times by her real name and also by her alias. This made it a little confusing to keep track of who the author was talking about at a given time. This book mostly goes about giving a few examples of how and why the women got to the war. There is less information on what the women did when they got there. There are of course a few detailed examples, the Battle of Antietam is discussed in particular, but there is a lot of information that the book leaves out. This is why it is a book for maybe introducing a subject but it wouldn't be my overall choice if I was teaching it. The book does have some decent pictures. Photographs of the women and the war itself and also pictures of the war after the fact.The reviews of this book are much more complimentary than mine. Kirkus Reviews calls it a "valuable resource" and Library Media Connection's has a review that states "Library media centers will want this to support Civil War and women's studies research." This has me feeling a little concerned that their may be a gap in the information that is out there on the subject. less

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