Another fairly well known story is that of Jennie Hodgers who served and fought for three years as Albert Cashier. Her identity wasn't revealed until 1913.

"Major" Pauline Cushman claimed

Confederate sympathy yet

she actually spied for the Union,

often as an actress.

Her many adventures were

capitalized upon by P.T. Barnum

who advised her tours.



Dr. Walker was an early suffragette,

one of the earliest women physicians,

a champion for more comfortable

clothing for women and a pioneer

for women in many areas that

we take for granted today.

Her medal was rescinded,

then subsequently restored

by President Carter.

More about Dr. Walker:

Doctor, Prisoner, Patriot





The story of Ginnie and Lottie Moon is a fascinating one - two sisters who cleverly and brazenly spied for the Confederates during the Civil War - and got away with it. Look here for their adventures.

Emmeline Piggott became North Carolina's most famous spy and smuggler. She is said to have carried dispatches in the large pockets under her full skirts. She avoided capture many times but was finally caught, arrested and imprisoned. She was eventually released and sent home.

Elizabeth C. Howland, trained in medicine by her father, was highly successful as a Confederate spy. She often sent her young son and daughter to carry dispatches. Appearing innocent, the children were allowed to pass through enemy lines undisturbed.







Susie Baker, later King Taylor, was born a slave in 1848 in Georgia. She learned to read and write while living with her grandmother. Susie gained her freedom in 1862 as contraband of war and was appointed laundress of the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops. In 1862, Susie married Sergeant Edward King, one of the members of this regiment. Although she was only fourteen years old, she taught the soldiers in her husband's regiment to read and write and did their laundry. In January 1863, Susie King began to nurse the wounded men who returned to camp from a raid up the St. Mary's River. Susie also learned to clean, load and fire a musket. Susie King nursed the wounded soldiers for four years until she and her husband were mustered out of the regiment in 1866. However she retained her interest in nursing and helped organize a branch of the Woman's Relief Corps. She published her autobiography in 1902, "Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops late 1st S.C. Volunteers." The complete book can be found online at Susie King Taylor.





It is now also available in paperback from Oxford University Press.

This is the only complete collection of letters from a Civil War woman soldier from the time of her enlistment until her death in 1863. Lauren Cook Burgess, ed.

A wonderfully researched book on women in the Civil War and a favorite of mine is "Patriots in Disguise" by Richard Hall. Ask your library to find it for you.



Click here for a very informative article also by Richard Hall:

"Known but to God": Female Soldiers in the Civil War.

Keep scrolling when you get there as there is a long blank space in the page when on IE.





And in 2006 Dick Hall has a new - and incredibly well researched - book on "Women on the Civil War Battlefield" - it covers in great detail all of the missing information about the women who served during the Civil War. An outstanding reference coupled with a fascinating read!

More about it here - Richard Hall



