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[bamaman]

Were there any ladies who were involved in combat during the Civil Wàr either thru the use of arms or the use of artillery?

 

[SethJ]

Short answer: Yes.

Slightly detailed answer: Many women who wished to serve would pretend to be men, dressing up, cutting/hiding their hair, never being too social, and doing their best to stay low and introverted (from what I've read).

Very detailed answer: N/A. To get more detailed information, please consult any other historian here.

(No idea if this is authentic, but it fits the topic)

 

[Sgt. Tyree]

Malinda Blalock comes to mind.

 

[Nathan Stuart]

Thought it inevitable that some biologically-born females disguised themselves as soldiers and chose to fight in combat during the CW. Female soldiers supposedly participated as combatants in many of the major CW battles. (Historians commonly estimate that between 400 and 1,000 females served as soldiers in either the Union or Confederate armies).

A few of these female soldiers are identified at the below link:-

Female Soldiers in the Civil War

The American Battlefield Trust's Untold Story of female soldiers in the Civil War.

www.battlefields.org

 

[R. Porter]

I believe the woman in uniform in the second post was Pauline Cushman, a Union spy who was not involved in actual combat.

Pauline Cushman

In April 1863, Pauline Cushman was performing in the play The Seven Sisters at a theater in Louisville, Kentucky, when she was approached by two...

www.battlefields.org

 

[7thWisconsin]

¨They Fought Like Demons¨ is the definitive text on women in combat.

https://www.amazon.com/They-Fought-Like-Demons-Soldiers/dp/1400033152?tag=civilwartalkc-20

 

[DBF]

Were there any ladies who were involved in combat during the Civil Wàr either thru the use of arms or the use of artillery?

Yes - According to this report:

"For the most part, women were recognized after they had received serious wounds or died. Mary Galloway was wounded in the chest during the Battle of Antietam. Clara Barton, attending to the wound, discovered the gender of the soft-faced "boy" and coaxed her into revealing her true identity and going home after recuperation.

One anonymous woman wearing the uniform of a Confederate private was found dead on the Gettysburg battlefield on July 17, 1863, by a burial detail from the Union II Corps. Based on the location of the body, it is likely the Southern woman died participating in Pickett's charge.

In 1934, a gravesight found on the outskirts of Shiloh National Military Park revealed the bones of nine Union soldiers. Further investigation indicated that one of the skeletons, with a minieball by the remains, was female. The identities of these two dead women are lost to posterity."

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-1.html#:~:text

 

[aardq]

Sarah Edmonds from Flint, MI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Emma_Edmonds

 

[Karen Lips]

Did anybody ever hear of Melverina Elverina Peppercorn? I think she fought for the Confederacy and she was finally found out to be a female.

 

[leftyhunter]

Were there any ladies who were involved in combat during the Civil Wàr either thru the use of arms or the use of artillery?

https://www.womenshistory.org/educa...n became a hero,and joined the Patriot forces.
Even during the ARW at least one woman fought for the Continental Army. Post ACW the US military was a bit stricter in undergoing medical exams so it was virtually impossible for women to disguise themselves as men.
Leftyhunter

 

[DBF]

@Karen Lips - Thanks for the suggestion - sounds like she needs to come to our Tea Time along with her twin brother Alexander the Great, aka Lexie. Any girl that can "spit a stream of ambeer 10 feet" sounds interesting.

 

[7thWisconsin]

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/deborah-sampson#:~:text=Deborah Sampson became a hero,and joined the Patriot forces.
Even during the ARW at least one woman fought for the Continental Army. Post ACW the US military was a bit stricter in undergoing medical exams so it was virtually impossible for women to disguise themselves as men.
Leftyhunter

Deborah Sampson is one of my ancestors. Actually, we may never know how many woman impersonated men in order to serve under arms during the Civil War, primarily because the ones we know about are the ones who were discovered. There was a woman soldier in the 7th Wisconsin, Rebecca Peterman. Started as a musician and fought at Antietam.
There, I got the thread back on track.

 

[Andersonh1]

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[leftyhunter]

Were there any ladies who were involved in combat during the Civil Wàr either thru the use of arms or the use of artillery?

We can't know when woman first entered combat but its nothing new under the sun. Joan of Arc may of been an inspiration to a small handful of women to earn glory on the field of honor.

Joan of Arc - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Leftyhunter

 

[G Low]

We can't know when woman first entered combat but its nothing new under the sun. Joan of Arc may of been an inspiration to a small handful of women to earn glory on the field of honor.

Joan of Arc - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Leftyhunter

I have two brothers in law and one nephew who all served 20 + years in the Army and marines so that makes me an expert on this I guess?

 

[leftyhunter]

I have two brothers in law and one nephew who all served 20 + years in the Army and marines so that makes me an expert on this I guess?

Let it go
Leftyhunter.

 

[G Low]

Wasn't it said that Jefferson Davis was captured wearing a dress? Or was this a myth?

 

[G Low]

Wasn't it said that Jefferson Davis was captured wearing a dress? Or was this a myth?

Sorry I got it mixed up it women posing as men not the other way, my bad…

 

[Andersonh1]

Wasn't it said that Jefferson Davis was captured wearing a dress? Or was this a myth?

It was Union propaganda. Didn't actually happen.

 

[G Low]

Another case of Yankee propaganda….