The Nancy Harts were various troops of female militia raised in the
Southern United States during the
American Civil War. Named in honor of
Nancy Hart, all the troops eventually were dissolved, except for the one from
LaGrange, Georgia. Chiefly organized by Nancy Hill Morgan and Mary Alford Heard, around 30 women joined the Nancy Harts which were more formally called the Nancy Hart Rifles. Captained by Morgan; the militia trained for battle, using
William J. Hardee
William Joseph Hardee (October 12, 1815November 6, 1873) was a career United States Army, U.S. Army and Confederate States Army officer. For the U.S. Army, he served in the Second Seminole War and in the Mexican–American War, where he was capt ...
's ''Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics''. Though they trained to fight, they never did, and served mainly as a nursing corps. The militia surrendered to Colonel
Oscar H. LaGrange in 1865.
References
Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Georgia (U.S. state)
All-female military units and formations
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