Women In Uniform In The Civil War
In the last few years, historians have become more and more aware of what was previously thought to be a limited phenomenon in the Civil War: the incidence of women disguising themselves as men and enlisting in the army.
Civil War Vivandieres and Daughters of the Regiment
Women who travelled with units as vivandieres, with basic information on each and photo gallery.
Women Soldiers in the Civil War
A history of women in the military from the Revolutionary War to present day. Includes extensive information for military women, past and present.
Women Soldiers of the Civil War
It is an accepted convention that the Civil War was a man's fight. Images of women during that conflict center on self-sacrificing nurses, romantic spies, or brave ladies maintaining the home front in the absence of their men. This conventional picture of gender roles during the Civil War does not tell the entire story.
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