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Sarah Emma Edmonds
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The great lakes become borders
The great lakes and the 49th parallel become the border between The U.S and Canada. -
first Women's rights convention
The very first meeting ever held for women's rights was held in Seneca Falls -
ran from home
Sarah planned to run away from home because of a set up marriage. -
worked as a bible salesman
She took her very first job in Canada under the name of "Franklin Thompson" selling bibles so her father couldn't find her and force her to marry. -
signing up to fight for the Union
After her dearest friend was shot by a confederate she wanted revenge and signed up tobe apart of the Union as a man. It took her two tries to get into the army. -
first battle in the battle of Bull Run
Sarah's very first battle was in the battle of Bull Run along with many other first timers. -
The Civil War began to break out
The Union wanted the confederasy to join the North so the states could be united and whole. -
The relief society was started
A relief society was started to support the Union and persuade seceding states. -
assigned the job of a mail carrier
SHe was later assigned the job of sending mail to the confederacy while spying on the confederate camps. -
E. Lee commands Confederacy
Robert E. Lee is the new commander of the Confederate Army of Virginia. -
Amancipation Proclomation was signed
Abraham Lincoln signed the Proclomation stating that any slave in the United States will be freed upon the law. -
men must sign up for the military
All men between the ages of 20 and 45 must apply for the doing of military services. -
she deserted the Union Army
Sarah claimed she had fallen ill and needed to leave the camp without the doctors knowing she was female. Some believe she fell in love with a solider and couldn't bear for him to not know she was a female figure. -
female nurse
Sarah later switched to her female figure and worked as a nurse for the U.S Christian Commision. -
Conf. gives in, Yanks get Mississippi R.
The Confederacy is forced to surrender after a war giving the Union control over the Mississippi River. -
Published her first book
Edmonds writes her first book about the Civil War. it is called "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army" -
Lee surrenders at Appomatox Cour.
Robert E. Lee surrenders to U.S Grant at the Appomatox Courthouse ending the Civil War. -
Civil Rights given to U.S born people
A Civil Rights law is passed stating that any person being born in the U.S has rights. -
signed up for pension under real name
Sarah signed up for solider's pension under her real name. She was the only woman to use her real name for a pension in the Civil War. -
Sarah relieved of disserton in war
The President relieved Edmonds of deserting the War considering she was a female and that she couldn't show herself to the army doctors.
