The Story of Sarah Edmonds--A Civil War Hero

Title: Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds A Civil War Hero

Author: Marissa Moss

Publication Date: March 2011

ISBN 13: 978-0810997356

This illustrated biography of Civil War hero Sarah Edmonds, the first and only woman to be recognized by the United States government as a veteran of the war, tells an amazing and important story of freedom.  Sarah Edmonds chose to live her life as a man in order to avoid an unseemly marraige.  Freed from the constraints imposed on women at the time, she chose to enlist in the Union army under the assumed identity of Frank Thompson where she held a number of important positions including nurse, spy, soldier, and even assistant to an important General and Postmaster.  Keeping her true identity secret to the end, Sarah Edmonds served her country well!