Background
DeAnne Blanton was born in 1964 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. She is the daughter of P. O. and Jan Blanton.
134 Chapel Rd, Sweet Briar, VA 24595, United States
In 1985 DeAnne Blanton received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sweet Briar College.
1834 Wake Forest Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, United States
In 1987 DeAnne Blanton obtained a Master of Arts degree from Wake Forest University.
("Albert Cashier" served three years in the Union Army and...)
"Albert Cashier" served three years in the Union Army and passed successfully as a man until 1911 when the aging veteran was revealed to be a woman named Jennie Hodgers. Frances Clayton kept fighting even after her husband was gunned down in front of her at the Battle of Murfreesboro. And more than one soldier astonished "his" comrades-in-arms by giving birth in camp. This lively and authoritative book opens a hitherto neglected chapter of Civil War history, telling the stories of hundreds of women who adopted male disguise and fought as soldiers. It explores their reasons for enlisting; their experiences in combat, and the way they were seen by their fellow soldiers and the American public. Impeccably researched and narrated with verve and wit, They Fought Like Demons is a major addition to our understanding of the Civil War era.
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2002
DeAnne Blanton was born in 1964 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. She is the daughter of P. O. and Jan Blanton.
In 1985 DeAnne Blanton received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sweet Briar College. In 1987 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from Wake Forest University.
DeAnne Blanton is a former military archivist in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and specializes in nineteenth-century army records. With Lauren M. Cook, she wrote They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War. Cook is editor of An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Private Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers.
Blanton and Cook's collaboration documents the lives and experiences of approximately 250 women who fought for both the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War. Because so many of the women who saw combat were never identified as female, an accurate count of their numbers is nearly impossible. The authors drew on a decade of research in documenting the wartime lives of women who were injured, captured, and imprisoned. They relied on military records, newspaper accounts, and the diaries and letters of male soldiers. Letters from three women and the memoirs of two other women are the only testimony available from the women themselves.
("Albert Cashier" served three years in the Union Army and...)
2002DeAnne Blanton is a founding member of the Society for Women and the Civil War (SWCW).
In 1966 DeAnne Blanton married Marc Wolfe.