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Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841–1898)

Autor/a de Nurse and Spy in the Union Army

2 obres 99 Membres 4 Ressenyes

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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

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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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MWMLibrary | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jan 14, 2022 |
Not a historically perfect account of the author's experiences during the Civil War, but it is a very interesting look at her service from her own perspective. Besides that, it is a very interesting window into what life at that time was generally like for the people involved in the war. The author wasn't the most polished writer, but her prose is reasonably clear and easier to read than a lot of other writing from that era.
 
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wishanem | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | May 27, 2021 |
This is a first-person account of a woman who enlisted in the Army of the Potomac in 1861, presenting herself as a man, to serve as a field nurse. She says little about why she did so. She became ill and left the field in 1863, and this was published a year or two later.

The book is typical of its time in being heavily padded with lengthy quotations from other published sources, contemporary sentimental poetry, and religious digressions both passionate and naive.

It reads as if the chapters were made for periodical serialization: each of the thirty chapters is approximately the same length. Also typical is that it appears to be factually unreliable; but in many cases it's ambiguous whether she's actually claiming to have been somewhere (such as Antietam), or innocently reporting other people's stories.

In spite of these flaws, it's more than reasonably well-written and has significant antiquarian interest. For those interested in finding out more about the author herself, there's a modern biography available (The Mysterious Private Thompson, by Laura Leedy Gansler).
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grunin | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | May 22, 2015 |
 
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ritaer | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Apr 22, 2012 |

Estadístiques

Obres
2
Membres
99
Popularitat
#191,538
Valoració
½ 3.4
Ressenyes
4
ISBN
20

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