Memoirs of a Soldier, Nurse, and Spy

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Sarah Emma Edmonds and Elizabeth Leonard

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Among the hundreds of women who, disguised as men, enlisted to serve in the Union army, 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 First Bull Run to the Kentucky Campaign of 1863.Throughout her impassioned account, first published in 1865, this enthralling storyteller reveals her courage, dedication to the Union, and resourcefulness in concealing her identity.

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As an infantry soldier and "male nurse", Sarah Edmonds chronicles the horrors of Civil War hospitals and the simple pastimes of camp life. Throughout her memoirs, this storyteller reveals her courage, dedication to the Union, and resourcefulness in sustaining her complicated masquerade.

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Publisher's Notice to the 1865 Edition

1. What Part Am I to Act in This Great Drama?
2. Marching Orders Received To-Day
3. How Shall I Describe the Scene?
4. When General McClellan Took Command
5. A Fair Specimen of Virginia Mud
6. Her Name was Alice M
7. I Had Known Him Almost From Childhood
8. My First Secret Expedition
9. The Ghastly Faces of the Wounded and Dying
10. The Annihilation of the Merrimac
11. A New Disguise Was Necessary
12. I Now Resumed My Journey
13. Acting Orderly for General K
14. A Terrible Slaughter
15. Many an Hour I Have Worked and Watched
16. Yellins as They Came
17. A Most Sublime Spectacle
18. My Turn to Visit Washington
19. My Constant Companion
20. I Am Not What I Seem
21. The Pleasantest, Happiest Hours of My Life
22. A Military Execution and a Dreary Ride
23. A Sad Day for the Army of the Potomac
24. More Quiet and Less Dangerous Duties
25. To Act as Detective
26. A Specimen of Moral Sublimity
27. I Have the Honor to Propose to You an Armistice
28. Exhausted and Weak as a Child
29. I Recall Those Thrilling Scenes
30. Now That the Time Has Come
    Notes
    Suggested Readings
    Index