Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds

By hisonlyfallenangel
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    The Civil War

  • Joined the Union Army

    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

    The First Battle of Bull Run

    Sarah Edmonds participated in the first Battle of Bull Run.
  • The BIG Reveal

    The BIG Reveal

    Edmonds revealed her true identity to Jerome John Robbins (medical steward, 2nd Michigan).
  • Transfered

    Transfered

    Edmonds and the 2nd Michigan were transfered to the Army of the Cumberland and were sent to Kentucky.
  • Peninsular Campaign

    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

    Battle of Yorktown

    Edmonds procured supplies for the hospitals.
  • Postmaster

    Postmaster

    Sarah Edmonds became regimental postmaster.
  • Battle of Williamsburg

    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

    The Battle of Hanover Courthouse

    Edmonds was an orderly for “General K.” at the Battle of Hanover Courthouse.
  • Battle of Fair Oaks

    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

    The Second Battle of Bull Run

  • Participated in Antietam

    Participated in Antietam

  • Participated in Fredericksburg

    Participated in Fredericksburg

  • First Spy Mission

    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

    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

    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"

    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

    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.

    "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

    Married

    In 1867, she married L. H. Seelye,