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•Born: December 1841   • Leaves home and heads to The US May 25, 1861     • Fighting in Heavy battle along side May 5, 1862     •Fell off horse became •contacted Malaria and discharged from army nurse June 1863 • Married Linus Seelye 1867 • Attends reunion and have charges dropped • Awarded Pension in 1884 • Admitted inot the Grand Army of the Republic 1897 • Dies September5,1898
• reburied with military honors 1901

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In 1897, Edmonds was admitted into the Grand Army of the Republic, the only woman member. One year later, on September 5, 1898, Edmonds died at her home in La Porte, Texas. In 1901, she was re-buried with military honors at Washington Cemetery in Houston.

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Edmonds married Linus Seelye in 1867 and they had three children. In 1876, she attended a reunion of the 2nd Michigan and was warmly received by her comrades, who aided her in having the charge of desertion removed from her military records and supported her application for a military pension. After an eight year battle and an Act of Congress, “Franklin Thompson” was cleared of desertion charges and awarded a pension in 1884.

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•After her recovery, Edmonds, no longer in disguise, worked with the United States Christian Commission as a female nurse, from June 1863 until the end of the war.
• She wrote and published her memoirs, Nurse and Spy in the Union Army, the first edition being released in 1864. Donated the profits from her book to various soldiers’ aid groups

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• Edmonds contracted malaria  requested a furlough,was denied. Not wanting to seek medical attention from the army for fear of discovery, Edmonds left her comrades in mid-April, never to return. “Franklin Thompson” was subsequently charged with desertion.

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•Acting as courier during the battle, Edmunds was forced to ride a mule after her horse was killed. She was thrown into a ditch, breaking her leg and suffering internal injuries. These injuries would plague her for the rest of her life and were the main reason for her pension application after the war.

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•On May 5, 1862, the regiment came under heavy fire during the Battle of Williamsburg. Got caught in the thick of it, at one point picking up a musket and firing with her comrades. She also acted as a stretcher bearer, ferrying the wounded from the field hour after hour in the pouring rain.

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• enlisted under her alias, and on May 25, 1861, Edmonds was mustered into the 2nd Michigan Infantry as a 3 year recruit.

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• lived & worked in the town of Moncton for about a year,feared that she would be discovered by her father, she decided to immigrate to the United States. In order to travel undetected and to secure a job, disguised herself as a man took the name Franklin Thompson. found work in Hartford, Connecticut as a traveling Bible salesman.

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• Her father was hoping for a son to help him with the crops; as a result, he resented his daughter and treated her badly.

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DECEMBER 1841 – SEPTEMBER 5, 1898