Women's Role In The Civil War

The American Civil War significantly changed the lives of American women compared to before. Many had disguised themselves as men and joined the fight. Others served as spies and nurses. Many more took on new roles that have never seen before, but did it to fearless and powerful. By war’s end, the staggering death toll of approximately 620,000 soldiers had left countless women in mourning.
During the American civil war thousands of nurses helped the war effort into keeping our soldiers as safe as possible. Although they lacked professional training but were very much resourceful, the nurses of the war tirelessly try to bring comfort and aid to the sick and wounded soldiers on both sides. At the beginning of the war, nursing was in its simplistic
As no one has actually documentation it is said approximately 400 - 750 female civil war soldiers and there were probably more. Woman took part in every major battle. For example the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, at least six women fought, including Confederate Loreta Velazquez, who had also been at Fort Donelson (“Civil war trust”). Woman were motivated like men by many factors like, going with their loved ones, to honestly fight for what they believed in, or to make a decent earning. As like nurses and spies there were many famous women soldiers who have made history ,for an example Loreta Janeta Velazquez. All we know about her comes from her book, The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures, and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army (“Civil war trust”). One of the courageous things she have done is head north, acting as an “independent soldier,” she joined up with a regiment just in time to fight at the Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Ball’s Bluff. Shortly afterwards, she once again dressed in female attire and went to Washington, DC, where she was able to gather valuable information for the Confederacy. Upon her return to the South, Velazquez was made an official member of the detective corps (“Civil war trust”). If a woman was to be caught there wasn't as much as a uproar as you’d think. More likely you were just sent home, but if you were injured or sick you would have to sit in the camps. In un lucky cases they have been sent to brief imprisonment and just sit there. No matter what their reasoning was woman have risked their lives to be apart of the war