Sarah Emma Edmonds by Anna Bergmann https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw How I disguised myself as a male soldier. en-us 2018-05-07 15:45:03 UTC 2018-05-14 16:07:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Run-away beginning 6272411 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/258593332 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. ]]> 2018-05-07 15:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/258593332 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/258596814 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. ]]> 2018-05-07 16:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/258596814 Sarah Edmonds 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/258599624 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. 

]]> 2018-05-07 16:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/258599624 6272411 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259317873 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. ]]> 2018-05-09 15:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259317873 The beginning of Franklin Thompson. 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259324387 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. ]]> 2018-05-09 15:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259324387 Leaving battle 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259329469 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. ]]> 2018-05-09 15:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259329469 6272411 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259331478    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.
]]> 2018-05-09 15:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259331478 Nurse and Spy in the Union Army. 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259332882 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.  ]]> 2018-05-09 15:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259332882 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259979228 2018-05-11 15:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259979228 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259980243 2018-05-11 15:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259980243 photo credit 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259980673 http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/i-wanted-to-do-my-part-women-as-soldiers-in-civil-war-america/]]> 2018-05-11 15:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259980673 photo credit 836473 https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259980813 http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/i-wanted-to-do-my-part-women-as-soldiers-in-civil-war-america/]]> 2018-05-11 15:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/836473/23qltls0byhw/wish/259980813