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Women played a vital role in the civil war. More than 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought in both armies during the civil war. Thousands joined volunteer brigades and signed up to work as nurses. It was the first time in American history that women played a significant role in a war effort. Ladies societies organized to supply union troops with things they needed and held fund raiser campaigns. Nearly 20,000 women worked for the Union war effort and women from all social classes worked. Army nurses traveled from hospital to hospital and even cared for wounded soldiers in their homes. There were women who were spies and hundreds served as spies. Harriet Tubman was a union spy. She lead an armed expedition in June 1863 along the Combahee River disrupting confederate supply lines and freeing 700 slaves.

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