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
Vicksburg National Military Park
18 Nov 2008 at 8:46am
I recently received an email from Perry Wheeler, who is the Media Relations Coordinator for the National Parks Conservation Association. Perry thought I might be interested in the report, as one of...
Emma Harrison Balfour
11 Nov 2008 at 8:06am
Civil War Diarist of Vicksburg
Vicksburg was located on a well-fortified west-facing cliff overlooking the Mississippi River. The siege was initiated by the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant...
Martha Ready Morgan
6 Nov 2008 at 11:13am
Confederate General's Wife
Martha Ready Morgan was born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on June 21, 1840. She was the sixth of eight children, and the second of four girls born to Colonel Charles Read...
Rosanna Dyer Osterman
1 Nov 2008 at 10:54am
Jewish Civil War Nurse and Philanthropist
Rosanna Dyer was born February 26, 1809 in Germany. Her parents, Isabella and John M. Dyer, moved the family to Baltimore when Rosanna was very young. Her f...
Amanda America Dickson
24 Oct 2008 at 7:54am
Wealthy African American Woman
Amanda America Dickson, the daughter of a slave and her white owner, became one of the wealthiest black women in nineteenth-century America. She was born on November 2...
Olivia Floyd
16 Oct 2008 at 8:05am
Confederate Spy and Messenger
One of the more fascinating figures during the Civil War was Miss Olivia Floyd. She lived at a plantation house known as Rose Hill in Charles County, Maryland. Rose Hil...
Jane Short
9 Oct 2008 at 5:18pm
Civil War Soldier
Many women who disguised themselves as men and enlisted during the Civil War did so to follow a loved one into battle. Others, like Jane Short, alias Charley Davis, were simply loo...
French Mary Tepe
5 Oct 2008 at 8:31am
Civil War Vivandiere and Nurse
French Mary Tepe, a Civil War Vivandiere, was a French immigrant who married the Philadelphia tailor, Bernardo Tepe. Vivandieres were a combination nurse, cook, seamst...
Ellen Mitchell
27 Sep 2008 at 8:55am
Civil War Nurse
This lady, better known as Nellie Mitchell, was at the opening of the war a resident of Montrose, Pennsylvania, where she was surrounded by friends, had a pleasant home, was amiable,...
Sarah Emma Edmonds
21 Sep 2008 at 9:33am
Union Nurse, Soldier, and Spy
Early Years
Born in 1842 in Nova Scotia, Sarah Emma Edmonds began life in a strict religious home where her father resented her for not being a boy. Emma endured her ear...