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 The confederacy knew that they couldn't mobilize the poor white population on the basis of protecting slavey alone. They framed the war as one to protect white women and their homes. (Sophia)
+Glymph explained that “deserters” were men who left their places in the military often due to encouragement from their wives. Glymph further explained that these men and their wives were heavily looked down upon within the Confederacy. Glymph explained that these men and their wives were often seen as enemies even after the war ended. (Lauren V.)
+Glymph explained that many poor and non-slaveholding white southerners believed as the war went on that they should not contribute to the war effort. Glymph explains that this was due to poor white southerners often being seen as lazy and inferior to white slave owning southerners. (Lauren V.)
+Glymph explains that many poor white southern women were often seen as, “burdens of the state and undeserving” to the Confederacy due to their inability to take care of themselves. Even though, as Glymph explains, this inability to care for themselves and their family was often directly caused by the war. (Lauren V.)
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 Hundreds of thousands of enslaved women had fled by 1865. The U.S. government had also modified their stance on slavery, creating black regiments in the U.S. army for men and other places in the war for black women. This also changed the idea of women in war, shifting from white women to black and white women. (Hank L)
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 Black religious and fraternal organizations were important facets of Black resistance before and during the Civil War. These societies supported self-emancipating people and their journey to freedom, as well as passing important information amongst groups. -Sarah M.
 Enslaved women assisted the Union war effort by protecting the products of their forced labor, so that they would be able to sell these products for their benefit. They also actively resisted helping the Confederate war effort, refusing to create roadblocks for the Union, even under threat of death. -Sarah M.
+Women of the North tended to have the same opinions on slavery as men. This meant many of them were indifferent to the idea of slavery, and were not morally abject. If they were anti-slavery it tended to be because of economic reasons as opposed to the moral abolition of slavery. (Tanner Gillikin)
+Most women of the North did not get actively involved in the Civil War. Many men in the Union Army were unmarried, and so Northern women had fewer connections and motivations to seek positions that put them working with soldiers, like nursing. What most women did was continue to work as they did before the war, in factories or on farms. These contributions however were not insignificant and still played a major role in Union victory. (Tanner Gillikin)
+There was debate in the North on how best to support soldiers on the battlefield. This debate often came down to class. A variety of groups sprouted up in this time that used a plethora of methods to support the troops. Some cared more for just the men directly related to the women back at home, and some were more distributive in their method. (Tanner Gillikin)
+Enslaved women fought the fight with different levels of involvement. Women kept their ears pressed for information about Lincoln, the war, and their own status. They helped to guard and prevent the destruction of crops meant for the federal government by southern planters. They also helped to pass along plans and information for Lincoln during the war. (Declan Forrer)
+Enslaved women working as nurses for the confederacy became spies, sharing information with the Union. Other enslaved women helped to lead revolutions and escape from plantations as the war front made its way throughout the South. (Declan Forrer)
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 The beginning of this chapter covers how women in the North at the start of the war were focused on involvement because of their patriotism. Northern women were dedicated to the war due to their want to preserve the Union, and employed slogans like "fight the good fight." (Caty)
+Rich and poor, Northern women turned their parlors into miniature factories. (Guy)
+Most white Northerners rose up in a clear majority in support of the flag. Flags and other patriotic emblems floating from homes, shops and public buildings were a novel sight in cities like New York, so much that the display seemed "foreign." (Guy)
+The war galvanized Northern women as it did in the South to work in support of the soldiers to ensure that their material, civic, and spiritual needs were met. Women held "bandage bees" and gatherings to make "beautiful lint" for dressing wounds; knit socks, woolen shirts, and other garments; and dry and can fruits and vegetables. (Guy)
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 “The convergence of the home front and battlefront” was often criticized by confederate women. Privately, women accused Northern commanders for waging war against southern women and their homes. On this topic, Glymph highlights the point of Mark Neely,that these criticisms were mostly based on the “hot words” of union commanders. Neely observes that the thoughts of the commanders, like General Sherman, were a measure of the “intense national feeling rather than a reflection of their issued order."  In reality, confederate women harmed by the union were often involved with confederate guerilla efforts. Pgs.200-202 (Ian Tiblin)
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+The path to emancipation for enslaved women was more difficult and different from their male counterparts. Emancipation with men often went hand in hand with enlistment in the military and physical labor, which women were not as privy to. This led to freedwomen taking different roles on the combat field, IE, nurses and cooks. (Tanner Gillikin)
+During the Civil War, many freed black people began to live in refugee camps. These camps were filled with all types of people displaced by the war, notably the elderly, children, and women. African American women in these camps took on many roles to help keep their communities together: becoming surrogate parents for orphaned children, or creating support groups for widowed women. (Tanner Gillikin)