Essay On Women In The Civil War

Most people back in the 1800’s thought that women should stay home and tend to the household duties while the men went to war. Little did they know women were out in battlefield also. Women wanted to be in the war so badly, they would dress as men, bondage up their breast if they had any, cut their hair, and change their names. The books, Liar Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Under Cover in The Civil War, by Karen Abbott, and They fought like demons: Women soldiers in the American civil war, by Deanne Blanton and Lauren M. Coor, describes what the women did while undercover in the civil war. In addition, resources such as these other websites, The roles of the women in the civil war, Female soldiers in the civil war, women during the civil war, …show more content…
Back in the 1800’s during The American Civil war, women weren’t allowed to fight in the war. At the time during the civil war, women weren’t perceived as equal by any means necessary. Women were mostly supposed to be confined in the home while the men were out. It says The Union and Confederate armies were forbid to enlist women in the war. But it didn’t stop them. With so many women fighting and dying on the field of the battle, obvious questions arises about how were women able to pass into the army and why did they want to fight in the war. Throughout my research on women soldiers during the civil war, most of my sources say there was an estimate between 400 to 650 women both north and south, dressed like men, carried gun, and fought in the war. Some women went to war to fight beside and share the trials with their loved ones. They didn’t want their husband to be out there alone, they wanted to be able to see them,