Edmonds claimed that she’d served as a spy for the Union ... to the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veteran ...

Dressed as men, women took on a wide range of military roles in the Civil War. Sarah Edmonds participated in the Peninsula Campaign as a soldier, spy, and courier—and even ended up working as a ...

Now able to account for all her women spies - alive or dead - she compiled a report for London. Of the 39 women Vera sent to war, 27 returned alive, many after sustained torture, but 12 lost their ...

Women ran businesses, were spies, preachers ... women "rose to the occasion and played a remarkable role in the Civil War", said Cromwell Museum curator Stuart Orme It aims to challenge the ...

In 1855 she received her M.D. from Syracuse Medical College. She was the only female surgeon to serve in the Civil War and was captured by Confederate soldiers in April of 1864. She was held prisoner ...

Dr. Mary Walker is a remarkable woman. During the [Civil] war she rendered great service to the Union army in the hospitals of the West. She asked no compensation for her work and received none. It ...