TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coffey,David
TI  - Soldier princess: the life & legend of Agnes Salm-Salm in North America, 1861-1867 
SN  - 1585449660
AV  - D400.S2 C64 2002eb
U1  - 970.04/092B 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A & M University Press
KW  - Salm-Salm, Agnes Elisabeth Winona Leclerq Joy,
KW  - Women
KW  - North America
KW  - Biography
KW  - Princesses
KW  - Amérique du Nord
KW  - Biographies
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Historical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - fast
KW  - Homes
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - History - General
KW  - hilcc
KW  - History & Archaeology
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Mexico
KW  - European intervention, 1861-1867
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Mœurs et coutumes
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Relations extérieures
KW  - Mexique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1861-1867 (Intervention européenne)
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-121) and index; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - "Beautiful and brave, outlandish and unconventional, Princess Agnes Salm-Salm played a sometimes controversial, often conspicuous, and always colorful role in three of the nineteenth century's major events: the American Civil War, the fall of Maximilian's empire in Mexico, and the Franco-Prussian War. During the Civil War this mysterious American woman married a German soldier of fortune who served in the Union Army and happened also to be a minor prince. Over the course of the war she combined beauty and assertiveness to advance her husband's career and in the meantime lived a most unlikely adventure. The impetuous couple later rallied to Maximilian's cause in Mexico, where Agnes's extravagant efforts to save the doomed emperor made her a leading figure in the tragedy. The princess went on to earn praise for her work in the field hospitals of France. By the time of her death in 1912 this enigmatic woman's life had become the stuff of myth, which she had only encouraged. Stories featured her fighting beside her husband in battle while treating the wounded. She claimed to have received a captain's commission for her services and to have been a close friend of President Lincoln, which apparently she was not. One story even placed her in command of a company of troops during Sherman's March to the Sea."--Jacket
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