Part 1 of Essay
Many people overlook the role of women in war. It is said even by women that the men go off to fight, and the women stay home and wait. Well here is a paper about women who didn't sit home and wait for their husbands, brothers, fathers, sons, and sweethearts to come back. They did something to help their country when it ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... of Blackburn's Ford, the First Battle of Bull Run, and the Peninsular campaign of May-July 1862. She undertook at least two intelligence missions behind Confederate lines “disguised” as a woman. She deserted in 1863. After leaving the army, she worked as a nurse for the United States Christian Commission. A short time before her death, she petitioned for a veteran's pension. Two years later the pension was granted to her by Congress. Some women did not dress up as men to fight. Southren women ....