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Women Of The Civil War
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Many people overlook the role of women in war. It is said even by
women that the men go off to fight, and the women stay home and wait. Well
here is a paper about women who didn't sit home and wait for their husbands,
brothers, fathers, sons, .... Middle of Term Paper
... she enlisted in the volunteer infantry company as Frank Thompson.
Her disguise was successful for nearly a year. She fought in the Battle of
Blackburn's Ford, the First Battle of Bull Run, and the Peninsular campaign
of May-July 1862. She undertook at least two intelligence missions behind
Confederate lines “disguised” as a woman. She deserted in 1863. After
leaving the army, she worked as a nurse for the United States Christian
Commission. A short time before her death, she petitioned for a veteran's
pension. Two years later the pension was granted to her by Congress.
Some women did not dress up as men to fight. Southren w ... |
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