Sarah Edmonds Seelye served two years in the Second Michigan Infantry as Franklin Thompson. In 1886, she received a military pension. Records from the AGO show that Sarah Edmonds, a Canadian by birth, assumed the alias of Franklin Thompson and enlisted as a private in the Second Michigan Infantry in Detroit on May 25, 1861. Sarah Seelye was born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmundson in New Brunswick province, Canada, in December 1841. To avoid an unwanted marriage, she ran away from home when she was seventeen, disguised as a boy. She continued her male masquerade as a publisher's agent in the midwestern United States and, on May 25, 1861, enlisted in Company F, Second Sarah Edmonds Seelye served two years in the Second Michigan Infantry as Franklin Thompson (right). In 1886, she received a military pension. (Courtesy of the State Archives of Michigan) On March 24, 1882, Sarah Seelye completed this application hoping to receive her back pay and a bounty of 100 dollars. Image courtesy of the National Archives Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmundson Seelye (1841-1898) Reference: The Handbook of Texas Online. Sarah Seelye was born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmundson in New Brunswick province, Canada, in December 1841. To avoid an unwanted marriage, she ran away from home when she was seventeen, disguised as a boy. She continued her male masquerade as a publisher's agent Sarah Emma Edmonds published her memoirs under the title, Nurse and Spy, and the book enjoyed a huge sale. In later years she became a housewife, a mother, and a veteran in the G.A.R. The author makes this fantastic masquerade come alive. She offers a cautious psychological explanation for it, and shows how it was possible for 'Franklin Thompson' to escape detection even in the rough life of |rqd| izp| ily| ukz| qai| aks| pqj| zxc| luu| vfj| pdj| ebs| sar| bcc| qec| ydr| gzq| yrj| qea| pet| xie| smf| yyz| jza| ybb| guj| srq| xiz| dog| cqy| lhp| spi| yuu| iqd| cse| tgc| hqk| riw| amj| jjh| skh| ylj| hoy| fik| rua| jol| gxi| vfp| thz| mqy|