The Civil War, From The Perspectives Of Young Women

After four years of seemingly endless battle between a divided nation, more than 600,000 people were killed. These lives, however, were not given in vain. Had it not been for the American Civil War, abolition may not have been carried out. The nation might have remained divided. Women might have remained confined to their roles as the "homemakers." Although the Civil War was fought in hopes of preserving the nation and ridding it of slavery, another war raged on within the depths of this war--the women's war. Serving as nurses both in the hospital and on the battlefields, women came to know a whole

The civil war began early in the spring of 1861 after the South’s secession from the Union and ended during the same season four years later in 1865. Though the war lasted for a rather short amount of time, for the ones it affected it seemed to be never-ending. The impact that the war had on Southerners was rather traitorous, them being the ones who suffered most. Many men lost their homes and property while many, many more men lost their lives fighting for them. There were many types of Southerners in 1861, the war affecting all of them differently, with some of the richer and higher members of society having an easier time both before and after the war. One amazing author, Margret Mitchell, created an in depth story of a southern-belle

In Conclusion, the women in the Civil War were really important because of what they did and why they did it. I hope I gave enough information to tell you why they were so important when the war had happened. Even some of them risked their lives for their side and country. Maybe not a lot of women died but they tried their hardest. It must have been hard for them to go and fight like that and it was sad because what if some of them had a loved one back home then they would’ve been really

The romanticized version of the Civil War creates a picture of the North versus the South with the North imposing on the South. However, after reading “The Making of a Confederate” by William L. Barney, one can see that subdivisions existed before the war was declared. The documents analyzed by Barney primarily focus on the experiences of Walter Lenoir, a southern confederate and a member of the planter elite. His experiences tell a vivid story of a passionate and strongly opinioned participant of the Civil War as well as demonstrate a noticeably different view involving his reasoning when choosing a side. Between analyzing this fantastic piece of literature and other resourceful documents from “Voices of Freedom” by Eric Foner, one

For ladies and men on the home front, the Civil War exhibited a large group of difficulties and a wide assortment of encounters. A few difficulties were comparative—if not shared similarly—in both the North and the South. At the point when men went off to battle for either armed force, those left behind needed to adapt to the passionate or material strains of partition. Both the victors and the vanquished grieved thousands who kicked the bucket, and every armed force approached its regular people to bolster the war exertion and help the injured. Certain issues weighed most vigorously on the South. As the Northern economy thrived, Southerners battled with deficiencies and swelling. Just a couple of Northern people group endured the demolition and outrages of foe occupation, though such encounters were typical in the Confederacy. What 's more, whatever the strains of war, the encounters differed by, sexual orientation, and class.

Women were considered frail, unintelligent, and unable to make decisions in eighteen-hundredths America. It was traditional wisdom that a woman’s place was in the home. The Civil War marked a turning point for women and their role in society. Through my research consisting of books, letters, speeches, and articles, I will tell the story of a time in America when women rose to satisfy the needs of the country when most men were away fighting the war. This essay will analyze the roles of women in eighteen-hundredths America, by evaluating how women’s roles had changed; they now were nurses, soldiers/spies, and public workers/activists.

" ‘I want something to do…' ‘Write a book,' Qouth the author of my being. ‘Don't know enough, sir. First live, then write.' ‘Try teaching again,' suggested my mother. ‘No thank you, ma'am, ten years of that is enough.' ‘Take a husband like my Darby, and fulfill your mission,' said sister Joan. ‘Can't afford expensive luxuries, Mrs. Coobiddy.' ‘Go nurse the soldiers,' said my young brother, Tom. ‘I will!' (Harper 14)." This is a dialog of Louisa May Alcott with her relatives. Miss Alcott, like many other African American women, helped serve in the Civil War. During the Civil War, Miss Alcott held a variety of jobs. Mainly working as a writer, she held positions as a nurse, teacher, and volunteered in

She later got caught and was later put into prison in 1864 by confederate troops and taken into prison. Along with Mary Edward walker, Clara Barton, was an Army nurse. Clara was to serve help in curing injured men. She had a bad experience when she went to go cure a man, a bullet that killed the man she was helping was peireced threw her sleeve. She had been assisting him and tried to save him, but it was too late and he had died. Also these women made a legacy in life, Underground Railroad, being the first US army women surgeon, and the foundation of the American Red Cross. Mary Todd Lincoln, who was married to Abraham Lincoln. Although she was a lot different then the other important women in the civil war, she was just as important. She was the wife of the president during the war. Although she did not exactly fight or become a nurse of the war, she still had to take care of her family and all of Abraham’s stressful days. She had to mend to her children’s needs while Abraham was out making sure the troops in the war were in the right standings. When 1865 came around it was a terrible year for her, her family and her heart were crushed. Her loved one was assassinated, and her family and herself had no idea how to handle it. Being that she was the presidents wife, she was still important to make a legacy. Showed that women are strong enough to handle stress, children, and deaths in their family to be strong for

If the north was to succeed, they would forever be oppressed by their victory, and slaves of their achievements. The Confederates fought to promote the wellbeing of their family and the protection of their land “from Yankee outrage and atrocity”(Mc.Pherson 20) .

Sally Louise Tompkins, of Virginia, was 28 years old when the Civil War broke out. At the time Tompkins was an established nurse and philanthropist. She felt

Caroline Janney's book is to restore the Ladies' Memorial Associations place in the historical narrative by exploring their role as the creators and purveyors of Confederate tradition in the post-Civil War South. Janney examines the reasons why middle and upper class southern white women shaped the public rituals of Confederate memory, Reconstruction, and reconciliation. She is moving into a little studied area to provide a rich vision of how these women shaped the memory of the Confederacy. It is found within these ladies many of the relationships of memory and memorials created within the Lost Cause movement that persists today.

Although Lincoln emphasized that “slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest” and “this interest was somehow the cause of the war” (Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, March 5, 1865), Emma LeConte regarded the Civil War unjust and ruthless and recorded her inward fears and the harsh realities of the war in her diaries. She thought the Union army invaded her state and “men are being killed off - boys of sixteen are conscripted” (When the World Ended: The Diary of Emma LeConte, pp. 4). She believed that the South was defeating their own homeland and protecting their rights, so she said “Then I was so overwhelmed by the thought of Lee's surrender that there seemed no ground under my feet” after she heard of General Lee’s surrender in

The Civil War is one of America’s most despondent times in our history. This war represents a time in history, when the foundation of America’s was being threatened with extinction. A great deal has been written about this War Between the States, most notably its leaders, but there are other important factors and people that are often being overlooked by historians. One such person is the first lady of the Confederacy, Varina Howell Davis. Varina was a quick tempered, intelligent, opinionated woman who believed in equal rights of marriage and of women. However her husband, the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did not. He often scrutinized his wife for both her political and social believes. They had a very turbulent relationship,

James McPherson the author of What They Fought For 1861-1865, thesis states that the soldiers from both the North and South fought for a large extent for ideology, and not exclusively as brothers in war with other soldiers, for principles of strength or courage, and for the nations of honor and duty. McPherson uses hundreds of letters and diaries from soldiers from both the Union and Confederate troops to show their experience. He tries to focus on a variety of attitudes and motives from the volunteer soldiers. These young men coped with fear, stress, exhaustion, pain, and death everyday while out there fighting. “A final theme that will receive attention is ideology,” (McPherson 1) this is what the soldiers supposed they were fighting for during the Civil War.

During the Civil War, America faced a divide between the North and South. Individuals aligned themselves with a side with intense dedication. Southern women like Nancy Emerson supported the Confederacy in the Civil War because of a devout religious lifestyle that women were expected to have. Nancy Emerson and other women supported the Confederacy because of the effect this religious influence had on their perceptions of the morally superior Confederate Leaders. Religion also influenced her perceptions of the North, casting the Union in a negative light. Finally, religious influence encouraged Nancy Emerson to believe that the war was God’s will.