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Catherine Eaton’s Civil War Experiences
"When Will this Horrid War End!":
Lancaster's Catherine Eaton on the Civil War Home Front
by James B. Hibbard
During the American Civil War, Lancaster's Catherine Eaton and her four children remained on the home front when her husband, Samuel, left his position as local minister to become chaplain for the Seventh Wisconsin infantry regiment. When Samuel's expected absence of a few months became a three-year ordeal, Catherine felt a burden stronger than anticipated, and she became more than "the minister's wife." Representative of one of the first times in American history when females filled male roles, Catharine became the face of the church, an influential decision-maker in the community, and a source of support for those in Lancaster who were also coping with relatives who served in the war. Much of the story is documented in the original letters between Catherine and Samuel.
Source: Wisconsin Magazine of History,
Spring 2010 Issue, Volume 93, Number 3
A display by James B. Hibbard
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