A French cantinire in the Crimea during the Crimean War in 1855 photographed by Roger Fenton. These brave women traveled with the soldiers for little or no pay as mascots sutlers and nurses while some even fought alongside their male counterparts. Both Zouaves and Vivandieres were occupied by Union and Confederate troops from the armies of France. Generally they were the wife or daughter of a soldier they were highly respected and admired.
