Women In The Civil War

Women, Slaves, and Free Blacks in the Civil War David H Mann HIS/ 155 April 29, 2017 Staci Anson There were many different affects for the women of the Civil War. There were different affects for the women of the Union soldiers and women of the Confederated soldiers. What were the differences and what were the similarities? Many women’s lives were dramatically affected during the war, whether they were from the south or from the north. Women on both sides fought in the war and sometimes even spied for the union or confederate sides. Men never thought of the women as being spies, they could then hide the information in the hoops of their skirts or parasol’s. They both assisted their men in any way they could, they were just as much a part of
They not only cared for them, they cooked, read, wrote letters home to their loved ones, did laundry and cared for them even when the battle fought all around them. They had to do their best to provide support for their families and some of them found work in war related jobs, possibly to make ammunition, and some even worked for the federal government in offices where men had previously worked (Women and the Civil War, n.d.). The southern women had the war come right to their doorsteps. From their homes many were known to care for the wounded, serve, and provided supplies to the men. They assisted where ever they were needed. Women in the south suffered a lot of different causalities some were torn from their homes and became refugees in the south. There homes were burned down and their men killed in front of them (Women and the Civil War, n.d.). Both women for the north and the south had similarities. There were differences among them and they were given. They had all given up a lot in the Civil War. In the end they all had to come together as a nation to what we know today as
Of course the black union soldier did not receive the same treatment or pay that the other soldiers got, until June of eighteen sixty four. When the blacks were caught by the Confederates they were faced with horrific treatment. There were one hundred and eighty thousand in all serving in the union army and another eighty thousand went on to serve for the union navy. That made ten percent of the union army African American. Forty Thousand would lose their lives for the cause of freedom by the time the war ended (Civil War Trust, 2014). Blacks not only served in the union army but they also served in the confederate army. They were most of the time brought with their masters to serve their needs. They were to also bring home the masters belonging if something happened to them in war. Some were even know to take the place of their master’s place on the front line of the war (Civil War Trust, 2014). The blacks help in the cooking and cleaning of both the Confederate troop and the Union troops. They wash the clothes of the men. The women had a really hard time trying to find work, they did whatever they could find. They took on roles of nurse, cooks, and