Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841–1898)
Autor de Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
Sobre El Autor
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Obras de Sarah Emma Edmonds
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Edmonds, Sarah Emma
- Otros nombres
- Thompson, Frank
Seelye, Sarah E. E. - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1841
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1898-09-05
- Lugar de sepultura
- Washington Cemetery, Houston, Texas, USA
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Flint, Michigan, USA
- Ocupaciones
- nurse
spy
memoirist - Biografía breve
- Born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds in Nova Scotia, she moved to the U.S. and in 1861 enlisted in the Union army disguised as a man. She served as an army nurse for several years and participated in the first Battle of Manassas, among others. In her memoirs, written after the Civil War, she described carrying out 11 successful spy missions against the Confederacy. She received a veteran's pension and bonus from Congress for her services.
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 99
- Popularidad
- #191,538
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 20