A soldier's secret : the incredible true story of Sarah Edmonds, a civil war hero

Moss, Marissa.

Book 2012

Nineteen-year-old Sarah masquerades as a man during the Civil War, serving as a nurse on the battlefield and a spy for the Union Army, escaping from the Confederates, and falling in love with one of her fellow soldiers. Based on the life of Sarah Emma Edmonds.

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Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898 Juvenile fiction

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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women Juvenile fiction