https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5 Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2018-05-07 15:50:52 UTC 2025-10-07 19:00:37 UTC hello@padlet.com 792563 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258598338 2018-05-07 16:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258598338 792563 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258599874 2018-05-07 16:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258599874 792563 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258699705  I was born in New Brunswick Canada in December of 1841.My father was a farmer who had been hoping for son to help with the crops.]]> 2018-05-07 20:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258699705 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258757170 In March of 1862, I was assigned the duties of mail carrier for the regiment.]]> 2018-05-08 01:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258757170 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258757576 In the spring of 1863, I and the 2nd Michigan were assigned to the Army of the Cumberland and sent to Kentucky. I contracted malaria and requested a furlough, which was denied. Not wanting to seek medical attention from the army for fear of discovery, I left my comrades in mid-April, never to return. I was subsequently charged with desertion.]]> 2018-05-08 01:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258757576 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258760527 I was an abused child by my father for not being a male. When I was 16 years old I decided to leave home, because my father was also trying to force me to married someone i dont love]]> 2018-05-08 02:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/258760527 792563 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259316754 I lived and worked in the town of Moncton for about a year,but always in fear that I would be discovered by my father,I decided to immigrate to the United States.In order to travel undetected and to secure a job,i decided to disguise myself as a man and called my self Franklin Thompson.I soon found work in Hartford connecticut as a traveling Bible salesman ]]> 2018-05-09 15:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259316754 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259318313 Prior to my first mission, Private I had to devise a disguise that would not alert the Confederates to my real mission and I  decided to enter the Confederacy as a black man. Assisted by the wife of the local chaplain, the only person knowing my  true identity, I used silver nitrate to darken my  skin to the point that the doctor I worked for in the hospital did not recognize my identidy.]]> 2018-05-09 15:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259318313 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259319916 2018-05-09 15:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259319916 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259320491 since I was not  allowed to be in the army for being a female, I joined as a male using the name of Frank Thompson. it was easy for me to pass as a man and I was able to serve for 2 years without being detected. there where also other women that joined, but most of them were caught and were either sent home or imprisoned.]]> 2018-05-09 15:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259320491 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259325541 2018-05-09 15:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259325541 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259325763 2018-05-09 15:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259325763 886230 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259328419 After the Civil War I returned to Canada, met Linus Seeyle, a mechanic, and  got married in 1867. Returning to the United States, we settled down and raised a family with three kids.

Even though I was happy in my family life, it always bothers me that I, as Frank Thompson, was charged with desertion. In 1882, I applied for a veteran's pension and started the process of clearing my record of desertion on the grounds that I was unable to reveal my identity.]]> 2018-05-09 15:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259328419 792563 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259448866 2018-05-09 20:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259448866 792563 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259984594 2018-05-11 15:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/259984594 792563 https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/260535162 I have been having night mares of the battel filed with all the dead body of soldire I know what I was getting into.]]> 2018-05-14 16:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/792563/e6x2b9g36ir5/wish/260535162