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www.civilwar.org/learn/biographies/sarah-emma-edmonds

Blashfield, Jean F. Women at the Front: Their Changing Roles in the Civil War. Franklin Watts, 1997.

Silvey, Anita. I'll Pass for Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War. Clarion Books, 2008.

Stanchack, John. Civil War. Dorling Kindersley, 2004.

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Sadly I became ill while at war, rather than have my gender revealed I deserted war. My loved one also resigned from battle along with me, we then moved to Ohio where I started a family and continued life as a women.

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I wanted to fight to defend my union and the only way I could do that was in disguise as male. In my eyes this was my chance, so I decided to take the risk of being caught and I chose to serve for my union as Franklin Thompson.

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I started off as a run-away living in Connecticut where I then moved to Michigan where the war began. My male friend and I then enlisted in the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry me being disguised as Franklin Thompson. I started out as a nurse and courier, but because of my skills of riding and shooting, I also got to serve as a spy and experience some combat and battles. I even once disguised as an African-american male to join a confederate camp.

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http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/i-wanted-to-do-my-part-women-as-soldiers-in-civil-war-america/

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My life was shaped by the civil war because I was opened to so many opportunities. These opportunities came from me being a disguised male, from there I was able to become a soldier to defend my union.

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When my father wanted me to marry an aging farmer, I disagreed and ran away disguising myself as a male and becoming Franklin Thompson. I started out selling bibles everywhere I went to keep myself afloat.

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http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/i-wanted-to-do-my-part-women-as-soldiers-in-civil-war-america/

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Born: December 1840
I started out as a run-away from my father who was trying to get me to marry a farmer. From there disguising myself as Franklin Thompson kept me hidden in my new home, Flint, Michigan. Being disguised I could best serve the interest of the Union cause in male attire.

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As a continuation of my story I wrote a very popular book made up of memoirs called Nurse and Spy in the Union. It consisted of my stories in battle, although I must admit not all of the stories that were published weren't strictly true, but they came very close.