National Endowment for the Humanities
Women's Lives Before the Civil War
Women's lifestyles before the Civil War made a huge impact as a point of causation. Give middle schoolers the opportunity to view firsthand the lives of women before the Civil War. They analyze primary source documents, view photographs,...
Curated OER
Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband and Spies
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this American Civil War lesson plan, students research diaries, letters, and photographs of women involved in the war.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband, Spies
With this lesson, a collection of primary texts, including diaries, letters, and photographs help students understand how women were affected by the Civil War. Students will explore, through reading a collection of documents, the...
Other
Pennsylvania Heritage Society: Pennsylvania Civil War 150
The sidebar of this site reads "Understand the War Through People Then and Now." That is the mission of the site, and when you click on each word or phrase, you open up a world of information about the Civil War. Compiled resources help...
Other
War Between the States: Life in Brooklyn in the Civil War
This resource provides information on the Civil War and Brookyln's involvement.
University of Virginia
Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War
Uses primary sources to document the role of Southern women in the Civil War.
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PBS
Civil War: In the Classroom: Civil War Letters [Pdf]
A lesson plan using letters from soldiers and civilians in the Civil War to gain a greater understanding of this time in U.S. history.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Women During the Civil War
Article that takes a look at the role of women in the South during the American Civil War especially in Georgia.
Library of Congress
Loc: Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband and Spies
This lesson uses primary sources - diaries, letters, and photographs - to explore the experiences of women in the Civil War. By looking at a series of document galleries, the perspectives of slave women, plantation mistresses, female...
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Albert Cashier Aka Jennie Hodgers: Private
A biographical profile of Albert Cashier aka Jennie Hodgers, who, disguised as a man, fought with the Union army.
Library of Congress
Loc: Photographs of Women During the Civil War
Many pictures of women at different locations during the Civil War.
Other
Auw St. Lawrence County Branch: Women of Courage
Learn what it means to have courage by examining the lives of women who "Were pioneers in their fields, which included education, medicine, art, politics, and music." This page includes biographies of several women including scientist...
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Sarah Emma Edmonds: Private
A biographical profile of Sarah Edmonds who disguised herself as a man to serve in the Union army.
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Sarah Rosetta Wakeman: Private
Brief biographical profile on Private Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Civil War.
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Loreta Janeta Velazquez: Lieutenant
Biographical profile of Lieutenant Loreta Janeta Velazquez, a woman who served in the Confederate army disguised as a man.