Sarah Emma Edmonds

By Cameron5000
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    Sarah Emma Edmonds

  • The great lakes become borders

    The great lakes become borders

    The great lakes and the 49th parallel become the border between The U.S and Canada.
  • first Women's rights convention

    first Women's rights convention

    The very first meeting ever held for women's rights was held in Seneca Falls
  • ran from home

    ran from home

    Sarah planned to run away from home because of a set up marriage.
  • worked as a bible salesman

    worked as a bible salesman

    She took her very first job in Canada under the name of "Franklin Thompson" selling bibles so her father couldn't find her and force her to marry.
  • signing up to fight for the Union

    signing up to fight for the Union

    After her dearest friend was shot by a confederate she wanted revenge and signed up tobe apart of the Union as a man. It took her two tries to get into the army.
  • first battle in the battle of Bull Run

    first battle in the battle of Bull Run

    Sarah's very first battle was in the battle of Bull Run along with many other first timers.
  • The Civil War began to break out

    The Civil War began to break out

    The Union wanted the confederasy to join the North so the states could be united and whole.
  • The relief society was started

    The relief society was started

    A relief society was started to support the Union and persuade seceding states.
  • assigned the job of a mail carrier

    assigned the job of a mail carrier

    SHe was later assigned the job of sending mail to the confederacy while spying on the confederate camps.
  • E. Lee commands Confederacy

    E. Lee commands Confederacy

    Robert E. Lee is the new commander of the Confederate Army of Virginia.
  • Amancipation Proclomation was signed

    Amancipation Proclomation was signed

    Abraham Lincoln signed the Proclomation stating that any slave in the United States will be freed upon the law.
  • men must sign up for the military

    men must sign up for the military

    All men between the ages of 20 and 45 must apply for the doing of military services.
  • she deserted the Union Army

    she deserted the Union Army

    Sarah claimed she had fallen ill and needed to leave the camp without the doctors knowing she was female. Some believe she fell in love with a solider and couldn't bear for him to not know she was a female figure.
  • female nurse

    female nurse

    Sarah later switched to her female figure and worked as a nurse for the U.S Christian Commision.
  • Conf. gives in, Yanks get Mississippi R.

    Conf. gives in, Yanks get Mississippi R.

    The Confederacy is forced to surrender after a war giving the Union control over the Mississippi River.
  • Published her first book

    Published her first book

    Edmonds writes her first book about the Civil War. it is called "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army"
  • Lee surrenders at Appomatox Cour.

    Lee surrenders at Appomatox Cour.

    Robert E. Lee surrenders to U.S Grant at the Appomatox Courthouse ending the Civil War.
  • Civil Rights given to U.S born people

    Civil Rights given to U.S born people

    A Civil Rights law is passed stating that any person being born in the U.S has rights.
  • signed up for pension under real name

    signed up for pension under real name

    Sarah signed up for solider's pension under her real name. She was the only woman to use her real name for a pension in the Civil War.
  • Sarah relieved of disserton in war

    Sarah relieved of disserton in war

    The President relieved Edmonds of deserting the War considering she was a female and that she couldn't show herself to the army doctors.