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Civil War Vivandi&#232res and Daughters of the Regiment Don't I wish I could go as a drummer, a vivan--what's its name or a nurse, so I could be near him and help him. --Jo March, from Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women (1868) Vivandi&#232res played an interesting, and often obscure role in the American Civil War. These brave women traveled with soldiers for little or no pay as sutlers, ...

Women In Uniform In The Civil War In the last few years, historians have become more and more aware of what was previously thought to be a limited phenomenon in the Civil War: the incidence of women disguising themselves as men and enlisting in the army, for any number of reasons. There were numerous women openly serving with the armies on both sides, but recognized as female; the Union forces, ...

Women Soldiers in the Civil War Women Who Served Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153d NY* Jennie Hodgers, Alias Pvt. Albert D.J. Cashier, 92nd Ill(pictured above) Malinda Blaylock, Alias PVt. Sam. Blaylock, 26th NC, co F.* Laura J. Williams, Alias Lt. Henry Benford, raised and lead a company of Texans Mary Owen, Alias Pvt. John Evans, Regiment Anny Lillibridge, Alias 21st U.S.

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