Civil War Roles
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Roles of Women and Slaves in the Civil War
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Brittney Lohss
7/21/2014
Northern women played many roles in the war effort on the Union side during the Civil War. There seemed to be specific roles of the women depending on whether they were older, or younger. The older women were more likely to support the war effort by participating in local organizations or groups. For example: churches, or local hospitals. They would donate items needed by soldiers or civilians or volunteer during their free time. The younger women would support the war effort by doing things further away from their homes. The younger women were usually under thirty years old, with no children, and were able to be more active because they were mobile. They would go to Washington or the battlefields with groups such as United States Christians and United States Sanitary Commissions. The United States Sanitary Commission was a group whose main goal was to fight preventable diseases and infections by improving the bad hygiene of soldiers, and other conditions in the army camps and hospitals. Women supporting the war effort in the North tried to give the troops everything they needed whether it be food, clothes, or providing first aid. Southern women also played many roles in the war effort on the Confederate side. The Confederacy did not have as much money as the Union did. So women of the south did what they could by doing the work on their own. They created local auxiliaries and relief societies. They cooked, sewed, provided uniforms, blankets, sandbags, and other things for their troops. They worked as untrained nurses in makeshift hospitals, and even went as far as providing troops with first aid in their own homes. They also wrote numerous letters to their troops. The wealthy southern women depended on their slaves for everything, so they did not have to do as much work as the other women did. The Civil War affected the lives of women in the
Roles of Women and Slaves in the Civil War
HIS/110
Brittney Lohss
7/21/2014
Northern women played many roles in the war effort on the Union side during the Civil War. There seemed to be specific roles of the women depending on whether they were older, or younger. The older women were more likely to support the war effort by participating in local organizations or groups. For example: churches, or local hospitals. They would donate items needed by soldiers or civilians or volunteer during their free time. The younger women would support the war effort by doing things further away from their homes. The younger women were usually under thirty years old, with no children, and were able to be more active because they were mobile. They would go to Washington or the battlefields with groups such as United States Christians and United States Sanitary Commissions. The United States Sanitary Commission was a group whose main goal was to fight preventable diseases and infections by improving the bad hygiene of soldiers, and other conditions in the army camps and hospitals. Women supporting the war effort in the North tried to give the troops everything they needed whether it be food, clothes, or providing first aid. Southern women also played many roles in the war effort on the Confederate side. The Confederacy did not have as much money as the Union did. So women of the south did what they could by doing the work on their own. They created local auxiliaries and relief societies. They cooked, sewed, provided uniforms, blankets, sandbags, and other things for their troops. They worked as untrained nurses in makeshift hospitals, and even went as far as providing troops with first aid in their own homes. They also wrote numerous letters to their troops. The wealthy southern women depended on their slaves for everything, so they did not have to do as much work as the other women did. The Civil War affected the lives of women in the