ABSTRACT
At the start of the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederacy was well prepared to clothe and feed armies or take care of wounded and sick soldiers. Women on both sides of the conflict created a workforce beyond their new domestic responsibilities that tried to outfit and care for soldiers. Aid societies for both the Union and the Confederacy made socks, gloves, pillowcases, sheets, undergarments and whole uniforms. Women organized supplies for the hospitals, which they packaged and sent on, and also prepared and packaged food for the armies.
