Tag Archives: women’s influence

“The Women Who Went To The Field”

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

In 1892, Clara Barton shared a poem she had written about women during the Civil War when she spoke at a meeting of the National Woman’s Relief Corps. She paid tribute to the women who came alongside the soldiers and … Continue reading →

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A “Visionary” Plan? The Proposed March 1865 Peace Conference, Part 6

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Terrianne Schulte

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 are available. Part 6 is the concluding post in the series.) From his headquarters at City Point, Grant, in turn, informed Lincoln and Stanton that Ord had met with Longstreet … Continue reading →

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