Women of the Civil War Many people overlook the role of women in war. It is said even by women that the men go off to fight, and the women stay home and wait. Well here is a paper about women who didn't sit home and wait for their husbands, brothers, fathers, sons, and sweethearts to come back. They did something to help their country when it needed it most. Women Who Fought As many as 400 women from the North and South disguised themselves as men and enlisted in the army. Amy Clarke volunteered as a private so she would not have to be parted from her husband. After he died at Shiloh, she continued to serve. She was wounded twice. Then she was captured by the Yankees. Her secret became revealed and she was ordered to return to her home, but not before she had put on female apparel. Sarah Emma Eve....

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