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Woman on the Home front
The women of the Confederacy were forced into new roles as the men went off to war. One of their main roles was to supervise the plantations. Some of the strenuous tasks assigned to this role included sowing oats, planting seeds, picking crops, raking manure, and many other jobs. Some of their other jobs included making clothes and knapsacks for the confederate soldiers. Women also served as nurses. If the men came home injured or sick, it was the woman's job to tend to him. -
Civil Rights Spies
Between 1861 and 1865, spies on both sides of the war played important roles in acquiring and transmitting intelligence, and spy craft was not only planned but also carried out at these executive mansions. President Abraham Lincoln's primary source of information was the telegraph office at the War Department. -
Clara Barton
One of the Civil War's most famous women, Clara Barton risked her life distributing supplies to soldiers. She started off assisting the wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. From then on throughout the war, she could be found on battlefields, tending the wounded on both sides. -
Native Americans In the Civil War
Approximately 20,000 Native Americans served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, participating in battles such as Pea Ridge, Second Manassas, Antietam, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in Federal assaults on Petersburg -
Nursing and Civil War Hospitals
At the outbreak of the Civil War, in the spring of 1861, there were no trained nurses, nursing schools or general hospitals in the state of North Carolina. Physicians were generally poorly trained and unregulated. Practices such as bloodletting, leeching and purging were still common. -
Emancipation Proclamation/Self Emancipation
African Americans were determined to win their fight for freedom by any means necessary. They self-liberated as they escaped from plantations across the south. On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect declaring that all persons enslaved in the rebelling states were free. -
Civil War Photography
As the catalogue discusses, photography served many purposes during the war. It was used to promote abolition; as propaganda for both the northern and southern causes; as an important tool in the creation of Lincoln's public persona and career; as well as for reconnaissance and tactical observation. -
The US Colored Troops
United States Colored Troops (USCT) were the embodiment of Frederick Douglass's belief that “he who would be free must himself strike the blow." 179,000 men (many who were former slaves) volunteered to fight in the Union army; nearly 37,000 gave their lives for the cause. -
Childern in the civil war
Kids helped run family farms and businesses. They planted and harvested crops, chopped wood, and butchered animals for food. They drove horses, cooked, and cared for siblings. They wrote letters to their absent relatives, and prayed for them to come home safe. Some kids were also in the war too. One kid was 10 years old. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln On April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre in Washington D.C. This attack came only five days after the end of the Civil War. Booth created a plan to assassinate Lincoln, Johnson, and Seward to throw the government into utter chaos. When it came down to the final moment the coconspirators assigned to kill Johnson and Seward failed to complete the task. Johnson soon took over Lincolns position as president.