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NAME

ALIAS

SIDE

REGIMENT

HIGHEST

ACH’D

RANK

YEARS OF SERVICE

NOTES

1

Anderson, Charlotte

Anderson, Charley

USA

60th OHVI

 

-Jan 18, 1865

 

2

 

Arnold

CSA

A Kentucky regt.

 

 

In battles of Manassas, Belmont. From ARK. Wounded in hand and foot. Joined army to write history of the war.

3

Bean, Mollie

Bean, Melvin

CSA

4th NC

 

 

 

4

Bell, Mary

Parker, Tom

CSA

 

Corporal

1862-October 1864

Served with cousin, both enlisted because they “filled the place of their uncle” who went to the Union

5

Bell, Molly

Martin, Bob

CSA

 

Sergeant

1862-October 1864

Served with cousin, both enlisted because they “filled the place of their uncle” who went to the Union.

6

 

Bland, ????

CSA

 

First Lieutenant

 

 

7

 

Blank, James

CSA

 

Private

 

Shot down by a Union firing squad, though to be a spy. Officer in charge of firing squad found out that “he was a she” after her death.

8

Blaylock, Malinda

Blaylock, Sam

CSA

26th NC, CO. F

 

March 20 1861-?

Enlisted with husband

9

Bosquis, Ellen

 

CSA

(Louisiana)

 

 

Found in “handsome Confederate uniform”, accompanied her reg. from New Orleans to Richmond, VA

10

 

Bradley, William

CSA

Mile’s Legion, Co. G

Private

April 18 1862-June 30, 1862

 

11

Brown, Harriet

????, Harry (probably “Harry Brown”

USA

(Illinois)

Private

(Three months)

 


12

Brown, Amelia

 

 

Served in the Navy

 

 

Arrested for being in a boy’s clothes “that of a man-of-war, or gunboat machine.” Name of “Essex” was on her cap front.”

13

Budwin, Florina

 

USA

 

 

-January 25, 1865

 

14

Burns, Mary

Burns, John

USA

7th Michigan Cavalry

 

 

 

15

 

“Canadian Lou”

USA

(Missouri)

 

 

 

16

Clailin, Frances

 

USA

14th ME and 4th MO

 

 

Served with both cavalry and artillery regiments.

17

Clarke, Amy

Anderson, Richard

CSA

Louisiana Cavalry and 11th TN

Lieutenant

 

 

18

Clayton, Frances Louisa

 

USA

13th MN Regt, Co. A

Private

(1 year)

Served with husband one year before being discovered.

19

Collier, “Madame”

 

USA

(Tennessee)

 

 

 

20

Collins, Sarah

 

USA

1st KY Infantry

Private

 

Discovered before regiment left training camp. From Wisconsin, was assisted by her brother in enlisting.

21

Compton, Lizzie

 

USA

125th MI cavalry and 11th KY Cavalry

 

 

 

22

Cook, Lizzie

 

USA

5th KS

 

 

From Aponoose County, Iowa

23

Corbin, Mary

 

USA

89th and 97th Ohio

Private

 

Could neither read nor write, found soldiery better than home.

24

Cryder, Sophia

 

USA

11th PA, Co. A “Snyder Rifles”

Another source claims that she served “In uniform of Capt. Kuhn’s Co. of Summer Rifles, Carlisle, 7th Regt.”

 

 

 

25

Davidson, Catherine E.

 

USA

28th OH

 

 

 

26

Day, Frances

Mayne, Frank

USA

126th PA, Co. F.

Sergeant

 

Deserted August 24, 1862, probably fearing detection; killed in action fighting with another regiment.

27

 

Demming, Frank

USA

17th OHVI, Co. A.

Private

September 23, 1861 (muster-in)-May 18, 1862 (discharge)

 

28

Dennis, Mary

 

USA

1st MN, Stillwater Co.

(Held a commission)

 

 

29

Duskie, “Miss”

 

CSA

Jackson Co, Ark.

 

 

Served with “Diana Smith.” Story tells of them fighting in battles against Yankees, being captured, and escaping.

30

Edwards, Sarah

 

USA

90th Ill.

 

 

 

31

Farnham, Amanda Colburn

 

USA

(Vermont)

Private

 

 

32

Ford, Antonia

 

CSA

 

Lieutenant

 

 

33

Foster, Augusta

 

USA

(Maine Cavalry)

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35

Galloway, Mary

 

USA

 

 

 

Was wounded at Antietam and discovered by Clara Barton, after whom Mary and her husband named their first child.

36

Goodridge, Ellen

 

USA

 

 

 

 

37

Graves, Nelly

 

USA

24th NJ

 

 

 

38

Green, Marian

 

USA

(Michigan)

 

 

 

39

Green, Mary Jane

 

CSA

(Guerrilla)

 

 

Was “always cutting wires”

40

Guerin, Elsa Jane Charlotte

Hatfield, Charles, “Mountain Charley”

USA

4th Iowa Cavalry

Lieutenant

1862-1865 (end of war)

 

41

 

Hall, Murray

 

 

 

 

 

42

Hancock, Mary

 

USA

(Illinois)

 

 

 

43

???, Hannah

 

USA

(Indiana)

 

 

Wrote letter home to her sister March 14th 1865 in camp near Petersburg. Talks of rude men & etc. that are in the trenches, and how they don’t bother her. Written on Indiana patriotic stationary.

44

Hart, Jennie D.

 

 

Jenkin’s Cavalry, Co. D.

Orderly Sergeant

 

Arrested Apr. 1st 1863 in Fayetteville, VA.

45

Henry, Margaret

 

CSA

 

 

???-March 1865

 

46

Hodgers, Jennie

Cashier, Albert D. J.

USA

95th Ill.

Private

September 1862-February 1865

Was an Irish immigrant; lived as a man until 1910

47

Hoffman, Louisa

Hoffman, John

USA

1st TN Artillery, Battery C.

 

 

 

48

Hook, Frances

Miller, Frank

USA

19th IL, 90th Il, and 65th Ill Home Guards

 

???-1864

Enlisted with her brother. Was captured by CSA in 1864.

49

Howe, Kate W.

Smith, Tom

USA

 

 

 

 

50

Hunt, Emma

 

USA

(Indiana Cavalry)

 

 

 

51

Hunt, Satriona Smith

 

USA

(Iowa)

 

 

 

52

Ibecker, Elvira

Fuller, Charles D.

USA

46th PA, Co. D

Private

 

 

53

Irvin, “Mrs.”

Green, Charlet

 

 

 

 

Fought in thirteen battles, including almost all the big ones. Wounded once. Was in Alton when her sex was discovered.

54

Jarret, Sallie Ann

 

USA

11th PA

Private

1861-1865

Served all through the war until killed at Hatcher’s Run in early 1865

55

Jenkins, Mary Owen

Evans, John

USA

9th PA Cavalry, Co. K

 

 

A newspaper article accidentally changed her name to Mary “Stevens” Jenkins

56

 

Johehous, Charles

USA

6th MO

Private

 

 

57

Johnson, Mary Jane

 

USA

16th Maine and 11th KY Cavalry

 

 

 

58

K…, Nellie A.

 

USA

Army of the Cumberland

 

 

 

59

Kamoo, Abrev

Kamoo, Tommy

USA

53rd MA

 

1862-???

Enlisted with Mary Ann Murphy

60

???, Kate

 

USA

116th IL

Private

 

 

61

Kinsey, Emma A.B.

 

USA

40th NJ

Lieutenant Colonel

 

 

62

Lillibridge, Anny

 

USA

21st MI

 

 

 

63

 

Martin, Charles

USA

(Pennsylvania)

 

 

 

64

McCreary, Mary

 

USA

21st OH

Private

(Several Months)

 

65

McDonald, ????

 

CSA

Col. Boone’s Regiment at Paraquet, KY

Private

 

Discharged, 2nd Offence

66

McKenzie, Marion

Fitzallen, Henry

CSA

23rd KY

Private

Dec 8, 1861-Jan 20, 1865

 

67

“Miller, Charley”

Hamilton, Edward O.

USA

18th NY

Drummer Boy

 

Preferred to live as male since childhood

68

Mitchell, Sarah

Wilson, Charles

USA

(Cavalry)

Private

???-August 8, 1864

Arrested August 8, 1864

69

Moore, Madiline

 

USA

(Cavalry)

Lieutenant

 

 

70

Morgan, “La Belle”

 

USA

(Michigan)

 

 

 

71

Morris, Leila

 

CSA

 

 

 

 

72

Munday, Sue

Clark, Marcellus

CSA

(Bushwacker)

“Second in Command”

 

 

73

Murphy, Marry Ann

Hill, Samuel

USA

53rd MA

 

 

Served with Abrev Kamoo

74

Murphy, Mary Catherine

 

USA

98th Ohio Infantry

Corporal

???-December 1863

Incarcerated December 1863. Was enlisted w/ her father, who actually helped her stay in the regiment as a man.

75

Niles, Elizabeth A.

 

USA

4th NJ

Private

 

Fought alongside her husband

76

 

Norton, Charles

USA

141st PVI

 

1862

 

77

Owens, Mary

Evans, John

USA

 

 

 

 

78

Peppercorn, Melverina Elverina

 

CSA

(Tennessee)

 

1862-???

Followed her twin brother into battle

79

Perkins, Jane

 

CSA

Old Dominion Artillery

Lieutenant

1861-May 27, 1864 (date of capture)

By 1864, had abandoned male guise, and was serving as a woman.

80

Peterman, Georgianna

 

USA

7th Wisconsin

Drummer Boy

1862-1864

 

81

Peterson, Belle

 

USA

(Wisconsin)

Private

1862-???

 

82

Pitman, Mary Ann

Rawley, ???

CSA

 

Lieutenant

 

 

83

Remington, Ida

 

USA

11th NY

Orderly Sergeant

 

 

84

Reno, Ella

Martin, Frank

USA

8th Michigan, 5th Kentucky Cavalry

Orderly Sergeant in 8th Michigan

 

 

85

 

Riley, William E.

USA

15th IN Artillery Battery

 

 

 

86

Scaberry, Mary

Freeman, Charles

USA

52nd OH

Private

???1862-November 7, 1862

 

87

 

Schaffer, Otto

USA

 

 

 

 

88

Siezgle, Mary

 

USA

41st NY

Private

 

 

89

Smith, Mary

 

USA

41st OH, “McClellan’s Zouaves

 

 

Enlisted to avenge her brother’s death at Bull Run

90

Smith, Diana

 

CSA

Jackson Co, Arkansas

 

 

Served with a “Miss Duskie.” Story tells of them fighting in battles against Yankees, being captured and escaping.

91

Tabor, Serina

 

CSA

(Georgia)

 

 

27 years old, taken in full CSA uniform and arrested as a spy.

92

Taylor, Elizabeth

“Happy Ned”

USA

(Navy)

 

 

 

93

Taylor, Sarah

 

CSA

3rd Regt, East TN

 

 

 

94

Taylor, Sallie

 

CSA

Cobb’s Battery, Clinton, MS

 

 

 

95

Thomas, Vivia

 

USA

20th MO

Private

 

 

96

Thompson, Ellen P.L.

 

USA

139th IL Infantry

 

 

 

97

 

Thompson, John

USA

1st KY

Private

June 5, 1861 (muster in)-June 18, 1864 (muster out)

Arrested as a spy by 21st OH

98

Thompson, Lucy Matilda

Thompson, Bill

CSA

18th NC, Co. D. “Balden Light Infantry”

Private

 

 

99

Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta

Wakeman, Lyons

USA

153rd NY

Private

1862-1864

Died of chronic diarrhea in 1863, never discovered; wrote letters home.

100

Walker, Nancy “Slaughter”

 

CSA

Quantril’s Raiders” (guerilla)

 

 

 

101

Walkers, Mary

 

USA

10th Michigan

 

 

 

102

White, Lilly

 

CSA

 

 

 

Was in a train wreck, had both legs amputated, and later died as a result. 23rd AL was on the train, but she was not with this regt. Was dressed in full uniform.

103

 

Williams, John

USA

7th Missouri

Private

October 3, 1861-Later that month

 

104

Williams, Laura J.

Buford, Henry

CSA

 

Lieutenant

 

Raised her own company of Texans, leading it at Shiloh and other battles.

105

Wilson, Fanny

 

USA

24th NJ and 3rd IL Cavalry

 

 

 

106

Wilson, Maggie

Marshal, Charles

USA

13th NY

Private

 

 

107

Wise, Mary Ellen

 

USA

34th Indiana

Private

 

 

108

Wright, Mary

 

CSA

 

 

???-March 1865