The Vivandiere In the Massachusetts regiments their were two Vivandieres recorded, one was a young girl of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry though there was a second within the Irish Regiments that has never been identified or traced to a particular regiment though she was recorded at the battle of Antietam. |
The name Vivandieres and Cantineres had first appeared around the Napoleonic wars in the French armies, it was an a tempt by French commanders to cut down on the camp followers selling all kinds of goods to the soldiers, so a small number of women were militarised to serve the troops. In 1853 the Crimean war broke out when Russia challenged Turkish influence in the Black Sea prompting England and France to back Turkey. In 1854 military attaches along with news paper reporters from America were sent to observe the French and English regiments in battle. Reports from journalists along with the new technology in photos came back from them and along with them were the first image of the Vivandieres to be recorded, this colourful uniform probably, inspired the uniform for the Vivandiere in the American Civil War five years later
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