During the Civil War era, American society faced a number of
challenges. Issues of morality and gender roles emerged as areas of
contention concerning prostitution. Because of the social
constraints on women during the period, females found themselves
with limited skills and economic opportunities to provide for
themselves.
Many sold sex as a means of survival. Soldiers left home for a
cause, but many also sought adventure that led to prostitutes. Peer
pressure and a sense of new found freedom brought many soldiers to
seek out sex workers. Without an official policy regulating
prostitution for either the Union army or the Confederate army,
officers relied on their own beliefs or priorities in crafting
orders relating to prostitution. The sex trade also came under the
scrutiny of moral reformers and military doctors.
While prostitution and the spread of venereal diseases likely did
not affect the duration of the war, the sex trade made a
significant impact on the short term social status and long term
health of thousands of people.
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