from NielsenGW

In 1861, Emma Edmonds, already in disguise as a male bookseller in Michigan, enlisted her alter ego Frank Thompson into the Second Michigan Infantry to answer President Lincoln's call for 75,000 Union troops to reunite America. She was at the First and Second Battles of Bull Run, encountered Clar...

from JanaRose1

After learning of her pending marriage, Emma runs away from home and finds untold opportunities dressing and acting like a boy. When the Civil War breaks out, Emma enlists. She serves in many positions, first as a male nurse and then as a mail carrier. The book briefly discusses claims that she h...

from Ella_Jill

This is a non-fiction book about a woman who fought in the Civil War dressed as a man and was the only woman to receive a veteran pension for serving in this war. The author reconstructed her story from her journals and journals and letters of men who served with her. Thompson first assumed a mal...

from Ella_Jill

This is a non-fiction book about a woman who fought in the Civil War dressed as a man and was the only woman to receive a veteran pension for serving in this war. The author reconstructed her story from her journals and journals and letters of men who served with her. Thompson first assumed a mal...