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HISTORY: 11H/AP (Civil War): Women and black soldiers in the Civil War

This guide will introduce research methods for the Civil War.

Database Research Links

"An Army of Women": A Look at the Non-Uniformed Participants in the Civil War

Military Images, Vol. 21, No. 6 (May-June 2000), pp. 6-11 (6 pages)

Combat at the Keys: Women and Battle Pieces for the Piano during the American Civil War

19th-Century Music, Vol. 40, No. 1, Music, the Civil War, and American Memory (Summer, 2016), pp. 7-19 (13 pages)

Forty Shirts and a Wagonload of Wheat: Women, the Domestic Supply Line, and the Civil War on the Western Border

Journal of the Civil War Era, Vol. 1, No. 1 (MARCH 2011), pp. 56-78 (23 pages)

Women's Role in Civil War Western North Carolina

The North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. 69, No. 1 (JANUARY 1992), pp. 37-56 (20 pages)

"Glory," the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, and Black Soldiers in the Civil War

The History Teacher, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Aug., 1991), pp. 475-485 (11 pages)

Fighting for Freedom: Portraits of soldiers and other Civil War participants

Military Images, Vol. 36, No. 3 (SUMMER 2018), pp. 59-65 (7 pages)

"African Americans and the Civil War: Brave Standard Bearers"

Black History Bulletin, Vol. 73, No. 2, Theme: "African Americans and the Civil War" (Summer/Fall 2010), pp. 4-7 (4 pages)

American Civil War:  African American Soldiers

Encyclopædia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2021.

Additional Web Resources

Benedict Library Resources

Images

CIVIL WAR: BLACK TROOPS. - An unidentified Union army soldier with his wife,  c1865.

Carte-de-visite photograph. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1630976/1/140_1630976/cite. Accessed 18 Nov 2021.

CIVIL WAR: BLACK TROOPS. - Black soldiers with Northern teachers, probably on the South Carolina coast, c1863-65.

Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1641548/1/140_1641548/cite. Accessed 18 Nov 2021.

CIVIL WAR: BLACK TROOPS. Guard House and African American guards of the 107th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment at Fort Corcoran; Arlington; Virginia; during the American Civil War.

Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 31 Aug 2017.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1801301/1/140_1801301/cite. Accessed 18 Nov 2021.

JAMES H. HARRIS .(1828-1898). Union Army soldier. Photograph, mid to late 19th century.

Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 31 Aug 2017.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1797723/1/140_1797723/cite. Accessed 18 Nov 2021.

Newsela Collection

The women who fought in the U.S. Civil War

"Black resistance endured": paying tribute to 

Civil War soldiers of color

Black Soldiers in the Civil War

Images

CIVIL WAR: WOMEN, 1862. - 'The Influence of Woman.' Composite of scenes of women sewing and doing laundry for soldiers, a nun visiting a wounded soldier and a woman writing a letter, during the American Civil War.

Wood engraving, 1862.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1706465/1/140_1706465/cite. Accessed 18 Nov 2021.

Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1820-1905), reformer, writer, served on the sanitary Commission during Civil War, advocate for Women's Rights.

Photo by A N Hardy, Boston (albumen photo) . albumen photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/108_4063913/1/108_4063913/cite. Accessed 18 Nov 2021.

U.S. ARSENAL, 1861. - Women workers filling cartridges at the U.S. Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts, during the Civil War.

Engraving, 1861, after Winslow Homer.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1638327/1/140_1638327/cite. Accessed 18 Nov 2021.

Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), US Civil War doctor, wearing her Medal of Honor in 1866.

Mary Walker, US Civil War doctor. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1256393/1/132_1256393/cite. Accessed 18 Nov 2021.