The Civil War is most often described as one in which brother
fought against brother. But the most devastating war fought on
American soil was also one in which women demonstrated heroic
deeds, selfless acts, and courage beyond measure. Women mobilized
soup kitchens and relief societies. Women cared for wounded
soldiers. Women were effective spies. And it is estimated that 300
women fought on the battlefields, usually disguised as men. The
most fascinating Civil War women include:
- Harriet Tubman, a former slave, who led hundreds of fellow
slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
- Four hundred women who were seized in Roswell, Georgia,
deported to Indiana, and vanished without a trace
- Belle Boyd, the "Siren of the Shenandoah," who at the age of
seventeen killed a Union soldier
- "Crazy" Elizabeth Van Lew, who deliberately fostered the
impression that she was eccentric so that she could be an effective
spy for the North
"The poor fellow sprang from my hands and fell back quivering in
the agonies of death. A bullet had passed between my body and the
right arm which supported him, cutting through my sleeve and
passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder." ―Clara
Barton, founder of the American Red Cross
"We were all amused and disgusted at the sight of a thing that
nothing but the debased and depraved Yankee nation could produce. A
woman] was dressed in the full uniform of a Federal surgeon. She
was not good looking, and of course had tongue enough for a
regiment of men." ―Captain Benedict J. Semmes, describing Mary
Walker, M.D.
General
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