Even when Neumann was begging her to give him any tidbit of information so he could get her out of prison, Adair’s written “confessions” were humorous and had a fairy tale quality to them. I liked Adair’s spunk and even though she might not be representative of Southern women of the era, I admired her unwillingness to submit to mistreatment from the Union soldiers. Well, I think I’ve become a pickier reader since I started blogging because this time around, I had a hard time with this book. I read Enemy Women several years ago, and while I had forgotten all the details, I remember that I really liked it, which is why I recommended we read it for the War Through the Generations U.S. He urges her to escape and head toward her family home, and he will meet her there as soon as he can. The two fall in love, and Neumann, who is being transferred out of the prison and into combat, wants to marry Adair after the war is over. Louis, where she meets Major Neumann of the Union Army, who is in charge of her case. When a lie is told about Adair’s loyalties, she is arrested and sent to a prison in St. They set out on foot to Iron Mountain to inquire about their father, coming into contact with other refugees along the way. The militia sets the home on fire, and even though it is spared by the rain, Adair and her sisters can’t stay. They beat and arrest Adair’s father, a justice of the peace, force her crippled brother to run off, steal her beloved horse, Whiskey, and force Adair and her two younger sisters to fend for themselves. Adair’s life is turned upside down when the Union Militia arrive at her family’s home in November 1864. I may be confused about the term.Įnemy Women shows the chaos stirred up by the Civil War in southeastern Missouri through the eyes of 18-year-old Adair Colley. I don’t know what you call peace, but you all beat up my father and took him away.
I am responsible for the security and peace of this region.
This state is under martial law, said Miller. The soldiers to either side of her held on to her, and looked from her to the lieutenant colonel. Where’s my father? And you have to account for our horses, you have to write down what you took.
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