The Home Front. The Civil War touched the lives of every American family, North and South.

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The Home Front

The Civil War touched the lives of every American family, North and South.

The Role of Women

Life must go on. With so many men at war, women had to take on more responsibility. In the South, women on plantations took charge, serving as plantation mistresses and managing vast numbers of slaves while their husbands were away at war. Most Southern women took on the back-breaking strain of agricultural labor, often doing work that their husbands and sons would normally have done. In the North, women bore the brunt of manufacturing jobs or the farm work and were vital to the success of the war effort to supply the Union army.

The Role of Women Some women disguised themselves as men and marched off to war

The Role of the Family Sometimes families followed soldiers into the army.

The Role of the Family Children worked the fields for the family while their fathers and older brothers were away at war.

The Role of the Family Children Went to War Private Johnny Cook was a bugler with Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Antietam when he was only 15 years old. Just west of the Cornfield with men down in the battery, he acted as cannoneer under severe fire.

The Role of the Family Tillie Pierce was a 15 year old teenager on July 1, 1863 when she left Gettysburg with her family to escape the battle. She found herself nursing the wounded at the J. Weikert Farm south of town. Care of wounded soldiers continued upon returning to the family home, and in almost every home and building in Gettysburg for months after the battle. Tillie later wrote about her experiences in an article, “What a Girl Heard and Saw of the Battle.”

The Role of Slaves In the South, some slaves continued to work for their masters and mistresses, providing for the troops and families for which they worked. However, many left, fleeing to the North in hopes of a better life.

The Role of Slaves Former slaves would travel North or with the army. Some former slaves joined the army while most others took care of their families and tried to find work.

The Role of Slaves Many of the freed men joined the Union forces.

Challenging Times Particularly in the South families faced shortages in raw materials, food, clothing and medical supplies due to the Union Navy blockading Southern ports. Above is a cartoon illustration of the “Anaconda plan” a plan developed to block the Southern ports, surround, and essentially disable the Confederacy.

Challenging Times Shortages became so severe that in 1863 the women of Richmond marched on the government in a “Bread Riot.”

Civilians who had homes near battles often had their homes destroyed or taken over for use as field hospitals. The Chancellor family was trapped between the armies in May 1863 when their home became General Hooker’s Headquarters. Challenging Times

Those on the home front had to meet the needs of their family as well as support the needs of the army.

Information Newspaper reading reached an all-time high. People scanned the newspapers every day for news of the war or their home

Information Casualty lists were dreaded. They were posted in town and often published in the newspaper Casualty List of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from the Assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina

Information Letter writing was the way people kept in touch. Soldiers and family members were able to sometimes keep in touch, a great comfort to them.