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| Keywords: Sezession wom 02.jpg Mathew Brady Aus der Library of Congress Item 1 of 444 - Full caption Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington D C Mathew Brady Studio 1862 printed later Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZC4-7983 Full caption Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington D C Mathew Brady Studio 1862 printed later Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZC4-7983 Princess Agnes Salm-Salm wife of Prince Felix of Prussia who served with the Union Army observed in January 1862 that the winter camp of the Army of the Potomac was teeming with women Some wives insisted on staying with their husbands which may have been the case with this woman judging by her housewifely pose alongside a soldier three young children and a puppy In addition to taking care of her own family she may have worked as a camp laundress or nurse Some women who lacked the marital voucher of respectability were presumed to be prostitutes and were periodically ordered out of camp Only gradually during the four years of the war and in the face of unspeakable suffering were women grudgingly accepted by military officials and the general public in the new public role of nurse http //www loc gov/pictures/collection/cwp/item/98507952/ PD-old Original upload log de wikipedia Nachcommonsverschieber CommonsHelper de wikipedia Sezession+wom+02 jpg 2005-04-12 11 48 Herrick 705×579× 68473 bytes <nowiki>Mathew Brady Aus der Library of Congress Item 1 of 444 - Full caption Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington D C Mathew Brady Studio 1862 printed later Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZC4-7983 Full caption Camp of 31st Pe</nowiki> Soldiers life during the American Civil War Mathew Brady | ||||
