audiobook Soldiers In King Philip's War: Containing Lists Of The Soldiers Of Massachusetts Colony; Who Served In The Indian War Of 1675-1677. With Sketches Of ... Documents And Records Relating To The War. by George M. Bodge in History

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Her room was lined with military maps; her tables covered with papers and war documents. She would talk of nothing but the war. Her countenance would light up most radiantly as she spoke of the Union victories and the certainty that the nation must win an ultimate success. Born to plantation life and privilege; Anna Ella Carroll became involved in politics early (her father was Governor Thomas King Carroll of Maryland). Upon the election of Abraham Lincoln; she freed her slaves and when war came; she began the work which brought her into a close working relationship with Lincoln. Her plans for the Tennessee River campaign and the victory at Vicksburg are unknown to most Americans but they were adopted by the Lincoln administration and helped lead to victory. As one who knew her wrote: "Miss Carroll had written the great and influential pamphlets of the day which ought to have made her a minister of state. She had devised the military movements that ought to have given her a very high military rank." Late in life; unmarried and ill; she petitioned the government for a pension. That story is also included here.