Sarah Emma Edmonds
Sarah Emma Edmonds (born
Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmondson, 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.
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