During the Civil War many African Americans and Women played key roles in the abolitionist fight.
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Research and report on these roles played by African Americans and Women in the Civil War.
Due: Sunday 10/12 by 11:59 p.m.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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African Americans, although mistreated, played a great role in the Civil War. Approximately 180,000 African-Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and many more African-Americans served in the Union Navy. Both free Africans-Americans and runaway slaves joined the fight.
ReplyDeleteWomen ahd an important role in the Civil War as well. Some made or sponsored hospitals both for the North or South. Many became doctors or nurses. One was even a officer in the southern army becoming the only women to be an officer.
The woman was considered the light of the hearth and home.
ReplyDeleteUpon her fell the duty of managing the home, bearing and teaching the children, and in the rural
communities would run the farms and plantations as well. Etiquette manuals tell us that a lady could not leave the house without a gentleman escort. When the war broke out the entire sphere of the woman’s world changed. With fathers, husbands , sons and brothers going off to join the ranks, women had to
adapt, change their way of thinking in order to survive. Keep in mind that at this time, a woman could not vote,or sign contracts.Many women found themselves involved in the war as spies and couriers. They chose this role out of a burning desire to do something for "the Cause". Women could not take up arms and fight. Many wanted to do something glamourous and exciting and serving as a spy fulfilled that wish. Particularly around Washington and Richmond and near battle scenes were opportunities found.
Many women responded to need for medical care for the armies. The first group of women were the Catholic nuns, who helped by transferring their convents into emergency hospitals. These nuns helped both sides of the war. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first licensed female doctor in the U.S., who also helped. She ran the Sanitary Commission, which worked to battle wartime diseases and infections. About 3,000 women served in the Union army as nurses. Clara Barton was known for ministering to the wounded on the battle field other women also did.
ReplyDeleteThe North outnumbered the South greatly. This may have lead to the fact that some blacks were forced to fight for the North. By the war’s end nearly 180,000 African Americans had served in the Union army. Only about 100 African Americans were commissioned as junior officers, and then in 1865 Martin Delany became the first black to be promoted to major.
Throughout the Civil War, African Americans and Women played key roles in the battles fought.
ReplyDeleteWomen from both the North and South helped by providing medical car to injured soldiers. The first group were Catholic Nuns who made their convents into emergancy hospitals. They treated all victims of the war and were the only group to be noted as treated both Union and Confederate groups.
Also in the North, Elizabith Blackwell was named the first American, female, doctor. She helped run the U.S. Sanitary Commission that worked to fight wartime diseases and infections.
The African American's major role was fighting for the North. Nearly 180,000 of them had served in the Union. Also a noted fact is that nearly 20 African Americans earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. And over 32,000 died for the Union's cause.
Those were some of the key roles that the women and African Americans played in the Civil War.
When the war broke out in April 1861, both sides were not prepared for the onslaught of wounded that
ReplyDeletewould follow a battle. There were no trained nurses. By June 1861, it was decided that Dorothea Dix
would be appointed Superintendant of Army Nurses by order of President Lincoln and Secretary of War
Cameron. This was in response to all the ladies who proposed to follow the men to the front and tend
their wounds. Dorothea Dix set very tough standards for her nurses. They were to be over the age of 30,
plain of face, dress in a plain serviceable dress (preferably brown or black) without the fashionable hoops
or fancy decorations and be of good moral character. Each nurse would be personally interviewed by
Miss Dix, then assigned to a hospital or later on in the war a hospital transport ship. Nurses generally
worked 12 hour shifts in a ward of at least 40 sick or wounded soldiers. They would be responsible for
cooking the diet and feeding the soldiers, washing the soldiers faces and hands, writing letters for the
soldiers, dispense medications as ordered by the surgeons and if especially trusted by the surgeons could
change bandages. The long hours and work load would often cause even the strongest of nurses to
become ill. Some even died. One of the best descriptions of life as a nurse is in a book entitled "Hospital
Sketches" written by Louisa May Alcott. It is a fiction book that chronicles her experiences as a nurse in
a hospital in Washington around the time of the battle of Fredricksburg. Another excellent source is "The
Diary of Hannah Ropes".In spite of their many hardships, African-American soldiers served the Union Army well and distinguished themselves in many battles. Of their service to the nation Frederick Douglass said, "Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pockets, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right of citizenship in the United States." African-American soldiers comprised about 10 percent of the Union Army. It is estimated that one-third of all African Americans who enlisted lost their lives
Lots of women during the Civil War responded to the armie for medical care. The first women volunteers have been the Cattholic nuns, which worked for health care in the North and the South. But there were also women like Elizabeth Blackwell, America’s first licensed female doctor or Clara Barton, who founded after the war the Amercan Red Cross or Sally Tompkins, who founded small hospitals and clinics in the South. They all helped in other ways, for example some women dressed like men and fought, aswell! And if they didn’t do something directly in the war, they worked in the factories! So that was mainly the first war, women were really involved!
ReplyDeleteAlso African Americans got the first time really involved in the war. The first offical regiment were organized in August 1862 in South Carolina. And at the end of the war, 180000 African Americans had served in the Union army, more than 20 won the Congressional Medal of Honor and over 32,000 die for the union cause.
African Americans entered the civil war for many resons. Freed slaves sometimes duisguised themselves so that they could fight for other slaves freedom, and it wasnt until the emancipation proclomation that african americans were alowed to join the war. on the other side, slaves were sometimes forced to fight for their masters on the confederate side. Women worked their plantations or farms and often worked along side slaves. They had to protect there home land. Many women in both North and South responded to the armies' overwhelming need for medical care.
ReplyDeleteThere are documented, and rumored, cases where young women would disguise their appearance and masquerade as a male soldier in order to stand and fight for what they believed in, and some of corse were nurses and care takers. With the perfect disguise, women were often capable of infiltrating key positions and relaying information back across enemy lines in situations where a male would have no doubt been shot. The african americans enlisted to be soldiers and also helped the north in the civil war
ReplyDeleteThe need for Medical care was very high so many women responded. The first group to volunteer was Catholic nuns who transformed convents into emergency hospitals throughout the North and South. In the North, Elizabeth Blackwell, was a licensed female doctor who helped run the U.S Sanitary Commission. Just about 3,000 women served in the Union army as nurses. Many also worked the wounded on the battlefield. After the war, alot of women found hospitals and clinics to work in. Tompkins became Confederate army's only female officer. Women also replaced men in office.
ReplyDeleteAfrican Americans and women had key roles in the abolitionist fight. Some roles of the African Americans would be that they were actually in the battles. They had 166 all-black regiments, and fought 449 engagements. More than 20 African Americans won the Congressional Midal of Honor, and over 32,000 died for the Union cause. The reason why African Americans fought in the war was because Frederick Douglass saw military service as a way to become an American citizen.
ReplyDeleteWomens role in the war was mainly for medical care. In the beginning, they were just mainly nuns...
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ReplyDeleteOn the African American side of things, the recently issued Emancipation Proclamation declared that al slaves in areas rebelling against the U.S. would become free on January 1, 1863. It brought major changes to the war. It did damage to the South's economy. This proclamation also allowed African Americans to enlist as soldiers. By the war's end, nearly 180000 African Americans had served in the Union army. However, for most of the war, black soldiers were still not considered as equals. They earned less than half the pay of whites and white officers commanded every black regiment. So, in a nutshell, the North basically enlarged its war aims to include freeing the slaves in the hopes of weakening the South. Their idea clearly worked.
During the Civil War women and African Americans played a major role. The the war women had many roles other then nursing and housing soldiers, they also fought in the combat and many were spies as well.African American's roles were mainly slaves and soldiers.
ReplyDeleteAfrican Americans and many played a key role in the Civil War. Women in both the North and South responded to the armies need for medical care. The first group of women to volunteer was a group of Catholic Nuns who transformed convents into emergency rooms. In the North, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Blackwell was Americans first licenced female doctor. About 3,000 women worked in the army as nurses. Some women even ministered to the wounded on the battlefield. Sally Louisa Tompkins founded small hospitals and clinics. She eventually commissioned as a captain and became the Confederates army’s only female doctor. Other women dressed liked men so they could fight. After men had been withdrawn from there jobs to go fight women had replaced them in offices and factories. Nearly 450 women worked in the Treasury Department as clerks and some 100,000 women worked in factories, sewing rooms, and military arsenals. African Americans enlisted in the Army to fight for there freedom. Many of them fought in the Union Navy and Union Army during the Civil War. The Union Army used blacks and slaves as laborers. As the war went on bills were passed so that they could fight in the Army and soldiers but even then things really hadn’t turned out that fair.
ReplyDeleteI don't really remember where I left off, so I'll start with the women. The women were mainly there for medical care. They were allowed to fight so most of the them took care of the hurt soldiers. At first they took care of all soldiers no matter what side they were on. Later in the war, they took sides and only took care of the wounded soldiers on their side.
ReplyDeleteWhoops, I meant weren't* allowed to fight.
ReplyDeleteThe African Americans were critical to the Union's cause. These words spoken by Frederick Douglass moved many African Americans to enlist in the Union Army and fight for their freedom. With President Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Civil War became a war to save the union and to abolish slavery. Approximately 180,000 African Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and many more African Americans served in the Union Navy. Both free African-Americans and runaway slaves joined the fight. Harriet Tubman, an African American and a woman, played a huge role in the early uprisings of the Civil War by helping slaves escape to the north through the Underground Railroad.
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