... keep slavery or they fought because their state believed in slavery. Northern women supported the northern cause to save the Union. Women in the Civil War served as spies, couriers, guides, scouts, saboteurs, and smugglers. They dressed as men and spied on the other side. Spies from the North used hot air balloons to watch the South make an important ship ... Emma fought in, she prayed that she lived another day. After the Civil War, Emma developed a bad case of malaria. She wrote a book called Nurse and Spy in the Union Army. Emma sold thousands of copies of her book. Today she has ver...

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• Grade Level: High School