Profiles four women who made a great contribution of the Civil War, both on the home front and the battlefield.

Biographies of some outspoken and influential women of the North and South who broke barriers both in battle and on the home front.

Sarah Emma Edmonds enlisted because she believed in the Union cause; Melverina Peppercorn joined to stay near her twin brother. Although women were not allowed to enlist as soldiers in the Civil War, many disguised themselves as men and fought anyway.