This Grand Experiment: When Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War–Era Washington, D.C. (Jessica Ziparo - W) Section- African American Soldeirs the Federals achieved a remarkable

the Federals achieved a remarkable defensive victory

the armies became locked in combat

by Harriet Buss

Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World

Benton penned a series of letters throughout the war to his family relating his experiences with the 111th New York Infantry as an assistant surgeon

This Grand Experiment: When Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War–Era Washington, D.C. (Jessica Ziparo - W) Section- African American Soldeirs the Federals achieved a remarkableby Jessica Ziparo In the volatility of the Civil War, the federal government opened its payrolls to women. Although the press and government officials considered the federal employment of women to be an innocuous wartime aberration, women immediately saw the new development for what it was: a rare chance to obtain well paid, intellectually challenging work in a country and time that typically excluded females from such channels of labor. Thousands of