Memoirs of a Soldier, Nurse, and Spy - 9780875805849

Memoirs of a Soldier, Nurse, and SpyA Woman's Adventures in the Union Army\nAuthor(s): Sarah Emma Edmonds, Elizabeth Leonard\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Northern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780875805849, 978-0875805849\nSynopsis\nAmong the hundreds of women who, in disguise, enlisted to serve as men during the Civil War, only Sarah Edmonds is known to have written a memoir recounting her experiences. As \""Franklin Thompson,\"" she joined the 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment in 1861, then fought in some of the bloodiest struggles of the Civil War, from the first battle of Bull Run to the Kentucky Campaign of 1863. \n This daring woman embarked upon dangerous missions into Confederate territory to gather information and to survey enemy positions, sometimes in the guise of a slave or Irish washerwoman, sometimes in Confederate uniform. Through her experiences as a \""male nurse\"" and Union soldier, Edmonds depicts the horrors of .