Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841–1898)
Autor/a de Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
Sobre l'autor
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Obres de Sarah Emma Edmonds
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Edmonds, Sarah Emma
- Altres noms
- Thompson, Frank
Seelye, Sarah E. E. - Data de naixement
- 1841
- Data de defunció
- 1898-09-05
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Washington Cemetery, Houston, Texas, USA
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Llocs de residència
- Flint, Michigan, USA
- Professions
- nurse
spy
memoirist - Biografia breu
- Born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds in Nova Scotia, she moved to the U.S. and in 1861 enlisted in the Union army disguised as a man. She served as an army nurse for several years and participated in the first Battle of Manassas, among others. In her memoirs, written after the Civil War, she described carrying out 11 successful spy missions against the Confederacy. She received a veteran's pension and bonus from Congress for her services.
Membres
Ressenyes
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 2
- Membres
- 99
- Popularitat
- #191,538
- Valoració
- 3.4
- Ressenyes
- 4
- ISBN
- 20