Vivandieres during the Civil War

Vivandieres have an interesting role in the American Civil War. These brave women traveled with soldiers as mascots or nurses; there are even cases where they fought alongside their male counterparts. A vivandiere could provide creature comforts to the soldiers. Officially during the Civil War, the term Vivandiere is usually applied only to women who served with Zouaves. The term “Vivandiere”, is derived from a mixture of French and Latin, which literally means “hospitality"




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Interesting Skipper, I was born and raised in Alabama and never heard that term before. I was aware of women posing as men and nurses but you have expanded my knowledge.

Merci,
Gaines

 

Thanks Skipper! This is all new to me. Apparently they were more often called "Daughter of the Regiment."

Here's some amplifying info: http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/articles/0005/vivandieres.cfm

 

it's funny they used this term "Vivandiere" which I never ever heard before in my life . It must have been a quite knowledgeable officer who took this word.
The French had their equivalent too and called those ladies "Madelon" . They even had elections evey year to find out who was the most beautiful one .


I thought this Vivandiere lady looked incredibly modern and I think she is just gorgeous

.Her image was also made famous by the actress Line Renaud who was very poular in the U.S some decades ago.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lm4tViuVoJM

 

I'm a actually a bit confused because the lady in post one is also depicted as French on the Crimea front of 1856 here.

http://theebonswan.blogspot.fr/2009/02/are-these-vivandieres-whats-daughter-of.html





But htis one for sure is a U.S. one !

 

I'm assuming vivandieres means "good time girls", or is that just the cynic in me?