CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A NATION DIVIDED CHAPTER 2 ORGANIZING FOR CAUSES CHAPTER 3 FIGHTING AS SOLDIERS CHAPTER 4 TENDING THE WOUNDED CHAPTER 5 CONFEDERATE WOMEN S WAR CHAPTER 6 WOMEN IN THE NORTH CHAPTER 7 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN CHAPTER 8 WOMEN IN MOURNING TIMELINE ESSENTIAL FACTS GLOSSARY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SOURCE NOTES INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE CONSULTANT
Soldiers saw the brutality of war in numerous battles including the First Battle of Bull Run
CHAPTER 1 A NATION DIVIDED July 21 1861 was no ordinary Sunday for Franklin Thompson a 19 year old private in the Union army's Second Michigan Infantry Instead of church bells ringing out across the countryside announcing the start of worship services the sound of gunfire filled the air as soldiers from the North and the South fought near Manassas Junction Virginia The clash would become known as the First Battle of Bull Run That skirmish was the first major battle of the American Civil War 1861 1865 It was also the first time Thompson saw military action All around artillery boomed while steel swords clanged and muskets fired Then for the first time Thompson saw a man die An artillery shell exploded in a nearby battery killing the gunner and injuring three other soldiers Moments later as the
