Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:15:14 -0700

Emma Edmonds, a girl who dreams about fighting for the Union but won't be allowed to fight due to her gender so she eventually decided to pose as a man, with the title of Private Franklin Thompson. Her fellow soldiers doesn't even know that she is a girl, fighting for the Union cause as they keeping on fighting for rights to ban the slavery. A news that saddened her about her childhood friend who died in action. Girls and women in that period of 1860s would often pose as boys and men, heading off to fight in the war as that is very common but on other hand, it's very cool to read about, especially this story is actually based on true story on real woman of Emma Edmonds. - Happy Reading!