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lossy-page1-1024px-Unidentified_woman,_possibly_Mrs._James_Shields,_in_mourning_dress_and_brooch_showing_Confederate_soldier_and_holding_young_boy_wearing_kepi_LCCN2013649140.tif.jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftWoman in mourning dress and brooch showing Confederate soldier
lossy-page1-800px-thumbnail.tif.jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftAdele Douglas, wife of Illinois senator Stephan A. Douglas in mourning dress
Four_Women_with_Sewing_Materials_(6899694546).jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftFour Women Sewing - Civil War Period
Ladies_Aid_Society-civil-war.pngAdded by: jenny_ashcraftFlyer for Ladies Aid Society to Benefit Wounded Civil War Soldiers
Two_unidentified_women_reading_letters_LOC_5228553885.jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftTwo Unidentified Women Reading Letters - Civil War
The_photographic_history_of_the_Civil_War_-_in_ten_volumes_(1911)_(14576255660).jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftConvalescent camp in Alexandria. One woman dressed in black is in mourning.
Unidentified_woman,_possibly_a_nurse,_during_the_Civil_War_LCCN2012646195.jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftUnidentified_woman,_possibly_a_nurse,_during_the_Civil_War_LCCN2012646195.jpg
Mrs._Carrie_Wilkins_Pollard,_c._1910.jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftCarrie Wilkins Pollard, Civil War Nurse
Unidentified_woman_wearing_mourning_brooch_and_displaying_framed_image_of_unidentifed_soldier_LCCN2010650472.tif.jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftWoman in mourning. Civil War. Holding a photograph of lost soldier.
Amputation_scene,_general_Hospital._Attributed_to_Charles_J._and_Isaac_C._Tyson._Tipton_Collection.,_1863_-_NARA_-_520206.tif.jpgAdded by: jenny_ashcraftAmputation scene, general hospital, during the Civil War