WOMEN IN THE CIVIL WAR
Jul 15, 2021
2 minutes
Why did women, on both sides, choose to enlist during the American Civil War?
The three main reasons that women enlisted in the armies were love, money and patriotism. Nearly a third of documented women soldiers went to war with their husbands or sweethearts. Unattached women, particularly those from the working class, were enticed by the monthly pay that soldiers received. And other women wanted to
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