Assignment: Write a document-based question essay which uses the evidence in the documents to argue for an answer the following questions.

In what ways did the war affect women's lives? In what ways did women respond to the stresses of war?

Documents:

A. Excerpt of a letter from Mary Davis to her son

B. Excerpts of letters from Mary Robinson Blackford to her husband Capt. Blackford

C. Excerpt of the diary of Louisa Minor of Pantops plantation for January through March, 1864.

D. Letter from J.C. Preston to her sister

E. Letter from Juliana Dorsey to General Cocke

F. Letter from Harriet Lang to General Cocke

G. Letter from Ann Miles to C.C. Cocke

H. Letter from Jefferson Peyton to General Cocke