Civil War Survivor -Episode 10

When I discovered that a female nurse, basically acting like a medic, heroically called Union troops forward at Chancellorsville for the 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment, I realized there was an interesting tale. The story of women who fought as men in combat units in the Civil War had only been superficially examined in modern times. But DeAnne Blanton and Lauren Cook did a masterful job of getting to the bottom in their groundbreaking book, "They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War." What follows is my interview with Blaton.