Mary Siezgle was a soldier of the Union Army in the American Civil War.[1] Her service began as a nurse, but she joined her husband in the 44th New York Infantry disguised as a man.[1][2] She was one of five women who are known to have participated as a combatant in the Battle of Gettysburg.[3]
Legacy[]
In 1915, the New York Times published an article about the service of Siezgle.[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tsui, Bonnie (2006). She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War. Guilford: TwoDot. p. 70.
- ↑ Hall, Richard H. (2006). Women on the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 235. ISBN 9780700614370.
- ↑ Blanton, DeAnne; Wike, Laura Cook (2002). They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War. LSU Press. p. 15. ISBN 0807128066. https://books.google.com/books?id=deYLGaWeUCcC&pg=PA26. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ↑ Leonard, Elizabeth D.. All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies. New York: W.W.Norton and Company. pp. 223–224. ISBN 9780393047127.
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