Women in the Civil War: In Battle and at Home

Author: Helen Sillett

Some of the biggest heroes of the Civil War were women.

Do you know all the things that women did during the Civil War?

Elizabeth Niles dressed up as a man so she could fight in the army beside her husband.

Clara Barton risked her life to help wounded soldiers.

Belle Boyd flirted with enemy officers so that she could spy for the South.

Charlotte Forten taught freed slaves how to read and write.

In this book, you will meet these women, and many others. As you’ll see, women played an important part in the story of the Civil War.