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Civil War Nurse, Soldier and Spy

S. Emma Edmonds aka Frank Thompson

Sarah Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Civil War. She also worked as a spy and nurse in the war.
S. Emma Edmonds, Civil War nurse and spy

Illustration from Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. Edmonds.

Modifications © Jone Lewis 2002
Her Nurse and Spy in the Union Army, including the story of her year serving as Franklin Thompson, was a popular post-war book.

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