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(1841 – 1898)

Sarah Emma Edmonds literally broke into the ranks of Civil War military history.

Born in December 1841, in Magaguadavic, New Brunswick, Canada, Edmonds, disguised as a male with the name Franklin Thompson, joined the United States Army, Company F, Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, in Detroit on May 25, 1861. She wrote in her diary, “It is true, I am not an American … not obliged to remain here during the terrible strife … But it is not my desire to seek personal ease and comfort while so much sorrow and distress fills the land.”

As Thompson, she bravely served as a spy, field nurse, mail carrier and soldier. Her talent for disguise led to great success in her espionage assignments. Dressed as a female contraband, dry goods clerk or young Confederate boy, she successfully infiltrated Confederate lines 11 times.

When the truth about her identity came out nearly 20 years later, Congress declared Edmonds a combat soldier of the Civil War and granted her a pension. She wrote Nurse and Spy in the Union Army, an autobiography of her war adventures. The

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Sarah Emma Edmonds

Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841–1898), znana także pod pseudonimem Frank Thompson – Amerykanka pochodzenia kanadyjskiego, żołnierz armii Unii w czasie wojny secesyjnej, szpieg i pielęgniarka.

Sarah urodziła się grudniu 1841 w powiecie York w Nowym Brunszwiku (współcześnie Kanada). Była wychowywana przez samotnego ojca, farmera, znanego z okrucieństwa wobec niej. Sarah otrzymała minimalne wykształcenie i zmuszana była do ciężkiej pracy na farmie ojca. W wieku piętnastu lat uciekła z domu i udała się do USA. Początkowo zarabiała na życie jako domokrążny sprzedawca Biblii. Po kraju podróżowała w przebraniu mężczyzny i pod fałszywym nazwiskiem, jako Frank Thompson. Także jako mężczyzna osiedliła się we Flint (Michigan) w 1861. Tego samego roku wstąpiła do armii Unii jako szeregowy piechoty. Swoją płeć zdołała ukryć przez ponad dwa lata i traktowana przez wszystkich jako mężczyzna wzięła udział w licznych operacjach zbrojnych, między innymi jako pielęgniarz w bitwie pod Blackburn’s Ford, I bitwie nad Bull Run i wielu innych.

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Sarah Emma Edmonds

Canadian-born woman known for serving as a man during the American Civil War

Sarah Emma Edmonds (born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmondson,^[1] married name Seelye, alias Franklin Flint Thompson; December 1841 – September 5, 1898) was a British North America-born woman who claimed to have served as a man with the Union Army as a nurse and spy during the American Civil War. Although recognized for her service by the United States government, some historians dispute the validity of her claims as some of the details are demonstrably false, contradictory, or uncorroborated.

Early life

Edmonds was born in December 1841 in New Brunswick, Canada, then a British colony. The youngest child, she grew up with her sisters and brother, Thomas, on their family's farm near Magaguadavic Lake, not far from the border with the U.S. state of Maine. She was abused by her father, who had wanted a boy to help with the crops on the farm.^[2]^{: 18, 20–21} Thomas had "fits," which was most likely to have been epilepsy.^[2]