While in the "Secret Service" as a "Spy," which is one of the most
hazardous positions in the army-she penetrated the enemy's lines,
in various disguises, no less than eleven times; always with
complete success and without detection. Her efficient labors in the
different Hospitals as well as her arduous duties as "Field Nurse,"
embrace many thrilling and touching incidents, which are here most
graphically described. -from the original "Publisher's Notice" It
sounds like the stuff of pulp fiction, but it's all true. Or mostly
true, at least. Sarah Edmonds, disguised as "Franklin Thompson,"
enlisted in the Union Army in 1861; saw combat at the Battle of
Blackburn's Ford, First Bull Run/Manassas, the Peninsular Campaign,
Antietam, and Fredericksburg; and sometimes served as a spy
"disguised" as a woman Afraid of her secret being discovered,
"Franklin" went AWOL, and Sarah rejoined the cause as a nurse.
These thrilling adventures of a daring woman in the Civil War have
been accused of being "fanciful," but that's just the beginning of
their charm. SARAH EMMA EDMONDS SEELYE (1841-1898) was born in New
Brunswick, Canada, ran away from home at 17, disguised as a boy. An
1884 congressional bill recognized her service to the Union and
granted her a military pension. She died in Texas, and her remains
today are housed in a Grand Army of the Republic plot in Houston.
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