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Her letters remain one of the few surviving primary accounts of female soldiers in the American Civil War. [27] [28] Laura J. Williams was a woman who disguised herself as a man and used the alias Lt. Henry Benford in order to raise and lead a company of Texas Confederates. She and the company participated in the Battle of Shiloh. [29] [30]
Pages in category "Women in the American Civil War" The following 185 pages are in this category, out of 185 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
American Civil War spies: 1936 United States Hearts in Bondage: Lew Ayres: Drama, History, Romance, War. List of naval battles of the American Civil War: 1936 United States General Spanky: Fred C. Newmeyer Gordon Douglas: Comedy, Family, War. 1937 Sweden John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads: John Ericsson - segraren vid Hampton Roads: Gustaf ...
Women of both the Pend d'Oreilles and the related Flathead tribe actively participated in warfare, entering battles and dancing in war dances. [citation needed] Mexican–American War (1846–1848): Elizabeth Newcom enlists in Company D of the Missouri Volunteer Infantry as Bill Newcom. She marches 600 miles from Missouri to winter camp at ...
The First Battle of Bull Run—also known as the First Battle of Manassas—on July 21, 1861, was a Southern tactical victory that opened the Civil War in the first major hand-to-hand combat. Despite the word of victory, the Confederate capital city was ill-prepared for the hundreds of wounded soldiers who subsequently poured in, many arriving ...
Mary and Molly (or "Mollie") Bell were two young women from Pulaski County, Virginia [1] who disguised themselves as men and fought in the American Civil War for the Confederacy. The pair successfully managed to keep their gender hidden from their fellow soldiers and the military for two years while fighting in several major battles, until they ...
Examples of battles with dual names are shown in the table. Civil War armies were also named in a manner reminiscent of the battlefields since Northern armies were frequently named for major rivers (Army of the Potomac, Army of the Tennessee, Army of the Mississippi), and Southern armies for states or geographic regions (Army of Northern ...