{"id":2835,"date":"2019-08-30T17:19:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/womenshistory\/?page_id=2835"},"modified":"2019-09-12T12:35:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:35:39","slug":"civil-war-akron-1861-1865","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/womenshistory\/civil-war-akron-1861-1865\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil War Akron (1861-1865)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Adeline Myers Coburn, died 1887<\/a> <\/td> Lucy A. Morse Tibbals, 1835-1894<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
Cornelia Wadsworth Beebe, 1819-1884<\/a>
<\/td>		 Mary Hickox Bronson, 1777-1858<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
Eliza Smith Barber, 1817-1899<\/a> <\/td> Mary Ingersol Tod Evans, 1802-1869<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
Elizabeth Davidson Buchtel, 1821-1891<\/a> <\/td> Pamphila Stanton Wolcott, 1827-1899<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
Elizabeth Smith Abbey, 1807-1874<\/a>
<\/td>		 Roxana Jones Howe, 1805-1875<\/a> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

During the antebellum period, Akron grew slowly. According to Howe\u2019s History of Ohio<\/em>, Akron\u2019s population was \u201cabout\u201d 600 in 1827, 1,664 in 1840 and 1,930 in 1850. On the eve of the Civil War, Akron\u2019s population had almost doubled to 3,520 (1860). 
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Following the Confederate attack on Ft. Sumter on April 12, 1861, Akron and its residents overwhelmingly supported the Union cause. The city\u2019s newspaper reported, \u201cNational flags, almost without number, have been stretched across our streets, and displayed upon our stores, shops, and dwellings.\u201d There were cheers for the Union, Akron residents sang patriotic songs and men marched in the street. 
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Days after the Ft. Sumter attack, Akron and Summit County men rushed to enlist. The new volunteers settled in \u201cCamp Akron\u201d on the fairgrounds overlooking the city. The fair buildings became the new recruits\u2019 barricades and \u201cthe ladies of the city generously supplying the boys, rations, blankets, etc.\u201d a newspaper editor observed. 
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That would be just the start of the support Akron women would afford their \u201csoldier boys.\u201d The largest number of women worked for the Soldiers\u2019 Aid Society, which was organized in Akron in May 1861. The Soldiers\u2019 Aid Society was a private organization primarily made up of women, who were committed to providing Northern soldiers with needed supplies, everything from baked goods to blankets. medical supplies to clothing. Akron\u2019s Soldiers\u2019 Aid Society was the largest, most active women\u2019s organization in the city. 
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The Civil War represented a turning point for the city of Akron in several regards. First, the war brought \u201cboom\u201d times to the city \u2013 commerce and manufacturing churned out needed products to wage war, railroad facilities expanded. The city increased in size, wealth and population. Second, through their work in the Soldiers\u2019 Aid Society, women were learning important organizational, fund-raising and media skills that would serve them well in wartime and after. 
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City newspapers identified more than 160 Akron women for their activism and generosity to the Soldiers Aid Society. What follows are just a few of the women named during the Civil War.
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Sources: Kathleen L. Endres, Akron\u2019s \u201cBetter Half\u201d: Women\u2019s Clubs and the Humanization of the City, 1825-1924<\/em>, Akron: University of Akron Press,  2006.
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Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State<\/em>, Columbus: Henry Howe & Son, 1889.
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Samuel A. Lane, Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County<\/em>, Akron: Beacon Job Dept.,1892. 
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Photos courtesy of the Summit County Historical Society.
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Adeline Myers Coburn, died 1887 Lucy A. Morse Tibbals, 1835-1894 Cornelia Wadsworth Beebe, 1819-1884 Mary Hickox Bronson, 1777-1858 Eliza Smith Barber, 1817-1899 Mary Ingersol Tod Evans, 1802-1869 Elizabeth Davidson Buchtel, 1821-1891 Pamphila Stanton Wolcott, 1827-1899 Elizabeth Smith Abbey, 1807-1874 Roxana Jones Howe, 1805-1875 During the antebellum period, Akron grew slowly. According to Howe\u2019s History of … <\/p>\n

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