Author : Sarah Emma Edmonds
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ISBN 13 : 9781519041487
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (414 download)
Book Synopsis The Female Spy of the Union Army (Expanded, Annotated) by : Sarah Emma Edmonds
Download or read book The Female Spy of the Union Army (Expanded, Annotated) written by Sarah Emma Edmonds and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her true story is as remarkable and exciting as it was dangerous. Disguising herself as a man named Franklin Flint Thompson and enlisting in the Union army, Emma saw front-line battle and acted as a spy.A master of disguise, she even traveled into enemy territory as a black man and an Irish woman. She stated her reason for leaving after two years' service was due to contracting malaria.Her poignant story was published to great acclaim in 1864 and quickly became a best seller. After the war she was lauded by former compatriots and given a small government pension.The only woman inducted into the Union veterans organization, The Grand Army of the Republic, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1992.