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The Civil War
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Joined the Union Army
Using the alias of Franklin Thompson, enlisted as a private in the Second Michigan Infantry in Detroit. -
The First Battle of Bull Run
Sarah Edmonds participated in the first Battle of Bull Run. -
The BIG Reveal
Edmonds revealed her true identity to Jerome John Robbins (medical steward, 2nd Michigan). -
Transfered
Edmonds and the 2nd Michigan were transfered to the Army of the Cumberland and were sent to Kentucky. -
Peninsular Campaign
Sarah Edmonds worked as a male feild nurse during this part of the Civil War. This went opn from April to July. -
Battle of Yorktown
Edmonds procured supplies for the hospitals. -
Postmaster
Sarah Edmonds became regimental postmaster. -
Battle of Williamsburg
Sarah Edmonds regiment came under heavy fire. She was working as a stretcher bearer. For hours in the rain, her and her fellow nurses moved people one by onee off the battle feild and into helping hands. -
The Battle of Hanover Courthouse
Edmonds was an orderly for “General K.” at the Battle of Hanover Courthouse. -
Battle of Fair Oaks
Edmonds witnesses Prof. Thaddeus Lowe’s use of a balloon which was successful in reporting Confederate troop movements. -
The Second Battle of Bull Run
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Participated in Antietam
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Participated in Fredericksburg
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First Spy Mission
Edmonds assisted , Colonel Orlando M. Poe ,an officer serving under General George McClellan at Fredericksburg by "disguising" herself as a woman and playing her roll behind enemy lines. -
Second Spy Mission
Edmonds was sent on second spy mission.This time she disguised herself as an Irish peddler with the alias of Bridget O'Shea. She sold goods to the Confederate Army and gained Valuable information. Later on, She stole a horse that she called "Rebel". -
Disappeared from the Ranks
In April of 1863 Sarah Edmonds disappeared from the ranks because while working as a feild nurse she had developed Malaria. She knew that her treatment would cause the discovery of her gender. -
Publishing of "The Female Spy of the Union Army"
This was the origonal time that "The Female Spy of the Union Army" was published by Boston publisher DeWolfe, Fiske, & Co. -
After the Army
Sarah Edmonds joined the Christian Commission and worked at a hospital in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia to help wounded soldiers recover from the effects of the war. -
"The Female Spy of the Union Army" was published with a new title.
After the war Mrs. Edmonds published an account of her experiences, The Boston publisher, DeWolfe, Fiske, & Co, published this book in 1864. The next year the book was read and published by a new publisher. A Hartford, CT publisher, published this with a new title.This book was called "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army". -
Married
In 1867, she married L. H. Seelye,
