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Women and the Civil War (Part 9)
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on December 26, 2016
Women and the Civil War” is an exhibit of photographs and stories of women who had family connections with soldiers of that war. It was first displayed at the Gratz Fair in September 2013, where it received “first place” in a non-profit division. Afterward, it was displayed in 2014 at the Williamtown-Williams Township Historical Society; in 2015 at the Pillow Historical Society; and in 2016 at the Elizabethville Area Historical Society. With the “retiring” of the actual exhibit, the photographs and stories are now presented here on The Civil War Blog in a thirteen part series.
For each of the thirteen series parts, one woman is featured first along with a brief description of her connection to a Civil War soldier. For the other women who are pictured in each part, a brief story is not provided, but blog readers are invited to add their own stories as comments to the blog post. In some cases, the women or the soldiers have been previously featured on this blog and links are provided to those posts.
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
Portraits and Stories. This portrait gallery is of women from the Lykens Valley and beyond who were influenced by or had an influence on the Civil War. It includes mothers, wives and daughters of men of the Civil War generation. A few of their stories have been briefly told here [in the exhibit]. As part of the Civil War Research Project, photographs and stories of these remarkable women are being collected and preserved for future generations. Over time, much of this history has been lost because it has not been recorded and saved. For the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, it has been a priority to collect, record and preserve this valuable part of our heritage.
wife of
FARMER AND HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD. During the war, while her husband was serving in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry from 1861-1864, she ran the family farm in Hegins Township and cared for five young children, one of whom was born in 1862. The family has preserved most of the correspondence between the couple – which documents the remarkable resilience she had in meeting the daily crises she encountered.
Catherine E. Row
daughter of
Mercy Cordelia [Moody] Clark
wife
Cassie [Schreffler] Good
wife of
Hannah [Hepler] Miller
daughter of
Rachel [Hartman] Artz
mother of
Harriet [Workman] Holland
wife of
Amanda [Williard] Kissinger
wife of
Mary J. [Kohler] Seachrist
wife of
Amanda S. [Klinger] Hess
wife of
Lillie [Keiper] Blanning
niece of
Juliet Danner [Wampler] Nace
wife of
Mary Agnes [Wise] Sheetz
wife of
Peter Sheetz
Christiana [Miller] Lubold
wife of
Emma Riegle
wife of
Anna [Biegsler] Klinger
mother of
Matilda S. [Heiner] Wray
wife of
Alexander D. Wray
Sarah [Shoop] Warfel
wife of
William Warfel
Lydia Burkle
daughter of
All currently posted parts of this series may be accessed by clicking on Women&CivilWar. Photographs are scaled for printing on 4 x 6 photo paper without further adjustment.
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