Women of the American Civil War: South and North

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As most of us know the women of the Civil War were a lot different I believe than the way they show them in movies like “Gone With the Wind.” The movies portray them as helpless, useless, and lazy like all they cared about was themselves. Yes, while some of them had the luxury of having servants to take care of them, and tend to everything they could possibly need, there were some that did not have that. There were different areas of women in the war we had the Southern Confederate Women and we had the Northern Union Women. Regardless the side they were on during this war all they wanted was for their boys to win and come home safe! A “True Women’s” life before the war was to make a clean, comfortable, nurturing home for her husband and her children. ("History.Com"). While the men went away to work the home became a private, feminized domestic sphere, a “haven in a heartless world.” ("History.Com"). The women of the Civil War Confederacy side and the women of the Civil War Union side did have a lot in common based on their ways of life and based on their ways of helping during this tragic war. Thousands from both the Confederacy and the Union joined volunteer brigades and signed up to be nurses. This war forced woman of both sides into the public life. ("History.Com"). And this happened to be the first time in American History that women were involved with the war plus it expanded the thought of “True womanhood.” ("History.Com"). The women of the Confederacy gained many new duties and responsibilities even the wealthiest of the Southern woman got involved. ("History.Com"). These women cooked, sewed, provided uniforms, blankets, sandbags, and other supplies to the men that were in the war. They ... ... middle of paper ... ...together for their troops or fighting in the war alongside the men these women did make an impact on the war. Works Cited "Women in the Civil War." History.Com. A&E Television Networks, 2011. Web. 13 Nov 2011. . Blanton, DeAnne. "Women Soldiers of the Civil War ." National Archives. N.p., 1993. Web. 10 Nov 2011. . Paul, Linda. "In Civil War, Woman Fought Like A Man For Freedom." npr. npr, 2011. Web. 12 Nov 2011. . Nofi, Albert A. Civil War Treasury : Being A Miscellany Of Arms And Artillery, Facts And Figures, Legends And Lore, Muses And Minstrels, Personalities And People. Combined Publishing, 1992. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 3 Dec. 2011.

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