1861年,サラ・エマ・エドモンドスは男性に変装して,北軍の兵士として働いた. そして,軍給の年金を受け取った最初の女性の一人となった. In 1861, Sarah Emma Edmonds, disguised as a man, served in the Union Army and became one of the first women to receive a military pension.

1861年,フリントに定住したカナダ人女性サラ・エマ・エモンズは,フランクリン・トンプソンの偽名で連邦軍に入隊し,ミシガンの第2回歩兵団F,フランソワ・ユニオン・グレイに所属した. In 1861, Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who settled in Flint, enlisted in the Union Army under the alias Franklin Thompson, serving nearly two years with the 2nd Michigan Infantry’s Company F, the Flint Union Greys. 男性に変装して,彼女は負傷兵の世話や戦場から負傷者を運ぶなど,戦闘関連の任務を遂行しました. Disguised as a man, she performed combat-related duties including tending to wounded soldiers and carrying the injured from battlefields. 彼女の正体は戦後明らかにされたが,同志は彼女を支持し,議会から軍事年金を受給した初の女性の一人となった. Her identity was revealed after the war, but her comrades supported her, helping her become one of the first women to receive a military pension from Congress.