We are currently in the process of writing original articles. Please check back soon for the first in a series of articles about individuals who displayed exceptional valor during the American Civil War. Until then, we hope you enjoy the feeds below about the contributions of Women in the Civil War. cwg
Margaret Buell
13 Jun 2009 at 4:45pm
Wife of Union General Don Carlos Buell
I could find no information about Buell's wife, except that her name was Margaret. Don Carlos Buell, named for an uncle, was born on March 23, 1818, near Marietta, Ohio. He was the first son of Salmon D. Buell and Eliza Buell, born on the farm of his grandfa...
Irene Rucker Sheridan
8 Jun 2009 at 10:12am
Wife of Union General Philip Sheridan
Irene Rucker, born in 1853 at Fort Union, New Mexico, and spent all her life connected to the military. She was the daughter of Brigadier General Daniel H. Rucker, who was Quartermaster General of the US Army. Her mother, Flora McDonald Coodey, was the daughte...
Almira Russell Hancock
3 Jun 2009 at 1:26pm
Wife of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock
Almira Russell was the daughter of a prominent merchant in St. Louis. Winfield Scott Hancock was born on February 14, 1824, in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania ? a small hamlet northwest of Philadelphia ? the son of Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Hoxwor...
Privacy Policy
1 Jun 2009 at 10:05am
Privacy Policy for civilwarwomen.blogspot.com
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at maggiemac6138@yahoo.com.
At civilwarwomen.blogspot.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This pri...
Lydia McLane Johnston
26 May 2009 at 4:46pm
Wife of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston
Lydia McLane was born January 31, 1822, at Wilmington, Delaware. She was the daughter of Catherine and Louis McLane. Her father was a diplomat and U.S. Cabinet officer, serving as U.S. Minister to England from 1829 - 1831, and from 1845 - 1846.
Joseph ...
Mary Theodosia Palmer Banks
21 May 2009 at 12:09pm
Wife of Union General Nathaniel Prentice Banks
On April 11, 1847, Mary Theodosia Palmer of Providence, Rhode Island, married Nathaniel Banks, after a lengthy courtship. They had one son and two daughters together. She served as the first lady of Massachusetts when her husband was the governor (185...
Caroline Deslonde Beauregard
15 May 2009 at 2:07pm
Wife of Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was born on May 28, 1818, at his family's plantation home, Contreras, in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans, Louisiana. His parents were Creole planter Jacques Toutant Beauregard and Helene Judith de Reggio Beaurega...
Mary Richmond Bishop Burnside
10 May 2009 at 12:13pm
Wife of Union General Ambrose Burnside
Mary Richmond Bishop was the daughter of Nathaniel and Fanny Windsor Bishop of Bristol, Rhode Island. Her father was a Rhode Island Militia Major. Mary was described as somewhat religious, a rather tall, and a stately young woman, who conveyed a courtly prese...
Eliza McCardle Johnson
3 May 2009 at 3:06pm
First Lady of the United States
Eliza McCardle was born October 4, 1810, at Leesburg, Tennessee, the only child of John and Sarah Phillips McCardle. Eliza lost her father when she was still a small child, and was raised by her widowed mother in Greeneville, Tennessee. After her father's death, Eli...
Charlotte Maria Cross Wigfall
28 Apr 2009 at 8:53am
Wife of Confederate General and Senator
Charlotte Maria Cross was born in 1818, and there is no further information about her early years. Louis Trezevant Wigfall was born April 21, 1816, on a plantation near Edgefield, South Carolina, to Levi Durant and Eliza Thomson Wigfall, a well-to-do social...
Ellen Mary Marcy McClellan
23 Apr 2009 at 5:15pm
Wife of Union General George B. McClellan
Ellen Mary Marcy was born in 1836 in Philadelphia. She was the blonde, blue-eyed daughter of Major Randolph Marcy ? explorer of the famous Red River and Federal chief-of-staff in the first years of the war ? an army officer who gained a good deal of fame i...
Rebecca Cole
17 Apr 2009 at 2:54pm
Second African American Woman Doctor
Rebecca Cole was born March 16, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended the Institute for Colored Youth, graduating in 1863. In 1867, Rebecca became the second African American woman to receive a medical degree in the United States (Rebecca Crum...
Sallie Robbins Broadhead
12 Apr 2009 at 11:01am
Civil War Nurse and Teacher
Sallie Robbins Broadhead, a teacher in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, lived on the western end of Chambersburg Street in the end unit of a row house called Warren's Block with her husband Joseph and 4-year-old daughter Mary. Sallie, a thin, plain-looking young woman, kept a ...
Anna Marie Hennen Hood
8 Apr 2009 at 9:37am
Wife of Confederate John Bell Hood
Anna Marie Hennen was born June 28, 1837. She was the daughter of a prominent New Orleans attorney, Duncan Hennen, and granddaughter of Alfred Hennen, Justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court. She was described as beautiful, charming, and she was educated in Paris,...
Helen Burden McDowell
2 Apr 2009 at 2:52pm
Wife of Union General Irvin McDowell
Helen Burden, born June 27, 1826, was the daughter of Henry and Helen McOuat Burden, who came to America from Scotland via Quebec. The family settled first in Albany, NY, then Troy, NY, where Helen's father owned the Burden Iron Works, which made horseshoes.
Ir...