In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil War. 'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil ...

During the Civil War, black women used their well-developed ability ... of high-ranking officers on both sides by tending to the fashion needs of their families—hid secret dispatches among ...

Gettysburg College Civil War Institute director Peter Carmichael talked about the Petersburg Campaign and the 1864 Hicks… Local historian Alisha Cole talked about how women on the home front ...