Women and wagoneers set up a civilian camp outside of the Army’s encampment. Women traveling with the Army would receive half of a soldiers ration of provisions for themselves. They cooked, washed laundry, and nursed the sick and wounded, and followed their husbands throughout the Revolution.
Women and wagoneers set up a civilian camp outside of the Army’s encampment. Women traveling with the Army would receive half of a soldiers ration of provisions for themselves. They cooked, washed laundry, and nursed the sick and wounded, and followed their husbands throughout the Revolution.