Letter from Annie Samuels to the Confederate Secretary of War J. A. Sedden Asking to Form a Regiment of Women
12/2/1864
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By late 1864 the Confederacy was finding it increasingly difficult to find men for its army. A group of women from Harrisonburg, Virginia, wrote to Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon suggesting he allow women to serve. The Confederate War Department replied that it was “not quite ready to call the Ladies to our help in the Field. The Men of the Country it is hoped will suffice.”
This primary source comes from the War Department Collection of Confederate Records.
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3854724Full Citation: Letter from Annie Samuels to the Confederate Secretary of War J. A. Sedden Asking to Form a Regiment of Women; 12/2/1864; War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-annie-samuels-to-the-confederate-secretary-of-war-j-a-sedden-asking-to-form-a-regiment-of-women, April 25, 2024]