# |
NAME |
ALIAS |
SIDE |
REGIMENT |
HIGHEST ACH’D RANK |
YEARS OF
SERVICE |
NOTES |
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1 |
Anderson, |
Anderson, Charley |
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60th OHVI |
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- |
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2 |
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CSA |
A |
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In battles of |
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3 |
Bean, Mollie |
Bean, Melvin |
CSA |
4th NC |
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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 |
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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 |
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6 |
|
Bland,
???? |
CSA |
|
First Lieutenant |
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7 |
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Blank, James |
CSA |
|
Private |
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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. |
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8 |
Blaylock, Malinda |
Blaylock, Sam |
CSA |
26th NC, CO. F |
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Enlisted with husband |
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9 |
Bosquis, Ellen |
|
CSA |
( |
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Found in “handsome
Confederate uniform”, accompanied her reg. from |
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10 |
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Bradley, William |
CSA |
Mile’s Legion, Co. G |
Private |
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11 |
Brown, Harriet |
????, Harry (probably
“Harry Brown” |
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( |
Private |
(Three months) |
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12 |
Brown, Amelia |
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Served in the Navy |
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Arrested for being in a
boy’s clothes “that of a man-of-war, or gunboat machine.” Name of “ |
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13 |
Budwin, Florina |
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- |
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14 |
Burns, Mary |
Burns, John |
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7th |
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15 |
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“Canadian Lou” |
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( |
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16 |
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14th ME and 4th
MO |
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Served with both cavalry
and artillery regiments. |
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17 |
Clarke, Amy |
Anderson, Richard |
CSA |
|
Lieutenant |
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18 |
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13th MN Regt,
Co. A |
Private |
(1 year) |
Served with husband one
year before being discovered. |
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19 |
Collier, “Madame” |
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( |
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20 |
Collins, Sarah |
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1st KY Infantry |
Private |
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Discovered before regiment
left training camp. From |
|
21 |
Compton, Lizzie |
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125th MI cavalry
and 11th KY Cavalry |
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|
22 |
Cook, Lizzie |
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|
5th KS |
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From |
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23 |
Corbin, Mary |
|
|
89th and 97th
|
Private |
|
Could
neither read nor write, found soldiery better than home. |
|
24 |
Cryder, Sophia |
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|
11th PA, Co. A
“Snyder Rifles” Another source claims that
she served “In uniform of Capt. Kuhn’s Co. of Summer Rifles, |
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25 |
Davidson, Catherine E. |
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|
28th OH |
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26 |
Day, Frances |
Mayne, Frank |
|
126th PA, Co. F. |
Sergeant |
|
Deserted |
|
27 |
|
Demming, Frank |
|
17th OHVI, Co.
A. |
Private |
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28 |
Dennis, Mary |
|
|
1st MN,
Stillwater Co. |
(Held a commission) |
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29 |
Duskie, “Miss” |
|
CSA |
Jackson Co, |
|
|
Served with “Diana Smith.”
Story tells of them fighting in battles against Yankees, being captured, and
escaping. |
|
30 |
Edwards, Sarah |
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90th |
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31 |
Farnham, Amanda Colburn |
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( |
Private |
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32 |
Ford, Antonia |
|
CSA |
|
Lieutenant |
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33 |
Foster, Augusta |
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( |
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34 |
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35 |
Galloway, Mary |
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Was wounded at |
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36 |
Goodridge, Ellen |
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37 |
Graves, Nelly |
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|
24th NJ |
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38 |
Green, Marian |
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( |
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39 |
Green, Mary Jane |
|
CSA |
(Guerrilla) |
|
|
Was “always cutting wires” |
|
40 |
Guerin, Elsa Jane Charlotte |
Hatfield, Charles,
“Mountain Charley” |
|
4th |
Lieutenant |
1862-1865 (end of war) |
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41 |
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Hall, Murray |
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42 |
Hancock, Mary |
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( |
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43 |
???, Hannah |
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( |
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Wrote letter home to her
sister |
|
44 |
Hart, Jennie D. |
|
|
Jenkin’s Cavalry, Co. D. |
Orderly Sergeant |
|
Arrested |
|
45 |
Henry, Margaret |
|
CSA |
|
|
???-March 1865 |
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|
46 |
Hodgers, Jennie |
Cashier, Albert D. J. |
|
95th |
Private |
September 1862-February
1865 |
Was an Irish immigrant;
lived as a man until 1910 |
|
47 |
Hoffman, Louisa |
Hoffman, John |
|
1st TN
Artillery, |
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48 |
|
Miller, Frank |
|
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 |
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50 |
Hunt, Emma |
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( |
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51 |
Hunt, Satriona
Smith |
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( |
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52 |
Ibecker, Elvira |
Fuller, Charles D. |
|
46th PA, Co. D |
Private |
|
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|
53 |
Irvin, “Mrs.” |
Green, Charlet |
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Fought in thirteen battles,
including almost all the big ones. Wounded once. Was in |
|
54 |
Jarret, Sallie Ann |
|
|
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 |
|
9th PA Cavalry,
Co. K |
|
|
A newspaper article
accidentally changed her name to Mary “Stevens” Jenkins |
|
56 |
|
Johehous, Charles |
|
6th MO |
Private |
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|
57 |
Johnson, Mary Jane |
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|
16th |
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58 |
K…, Nellie A. |
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Army of the |
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59 |
Kamoo, Abrev |
Kamoo, Tommy |
|
53rd MA |
|
1862-??? |
Enlisted with Mary Ann
Murphy |
|
60 |
???, Kate |
|
|
116th IL |
Private |
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61 |
Kinsey, Emma A.B. |
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|
40th NJ |
Lieutenant Colonel |
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62 |
Lillibridge, Anny |
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|
21st MI |
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63 |
|
Martin, Charles |
|
( |
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64 |
McCreary, Mary |
|
|
21st OH |
Private |
(Several Months) |
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|
65 |
McDonald,
???? |
|
CSA |
Col. Boone’s Regiment at |
Private |
|
Discharged, 2nd
Offence |
|
66 |
McKenzie, |
Fitzallen, Henry |
CSA |
23rd KY |
Private |
|
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|
67 |
“Miller, Charley” |
Hamilton, Edward O. |
|
18th NY |
Drummer Boy |
|
Preferred to live as male
since childhood |
|
68 |
Mitchell, Sarah |
Wilson, Charles |
|
(Cavalry) |
Private |
???- |
Arrested |
|
69 |
Moore, Madiline |
|
|
(Cavalry) |
Lieutenant |
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|
70 |
Morgan, “La Belle” |
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( |
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71 |
Morris, Leila |
|
CSA |
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|
72 |
Munday, Sue |
Clark, Marcellus |
CSA |
(Bushwacker) |
“Second in Command” |
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73 |
Murphy, Marry Ann |
|
|
53rd MA |
|
|
Served with Abrev Kamoo |
|
74 |
Murphy, Mary Catherine |
|
|
98th |
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. |
|
|
4th NJ |
Private |
|
Fought alongside her
husband |
|
76 |
|
Norton, Charles |
|
141st PVI |
|
1862 |
|
|
77 |
Owens, Mary |
Evans, John |
|
|
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|
78 |
Peppercorn, Melverina Elverina |
|
CSA |
( |
|
1862-??? |
Followed her twin brother
into battle |
|
79 |
Perkins, Jane |
|
CSA |
Old Dominion Artillery |
Lieutenant |
1861- |
By 1864, had abandoned male
guise, and was serving as a woman. |
|
80 |
Peterman, Georgianna |
|
|
7th |
Drummer Boy |
1862-1864 |
|
|
81 |
Peterson, Belle |
|
|
( |
Private |
1862-??? |
|
|
82 |
Pitman, Mary Ann |
Rawley, ??? |
CSA |
|
Lieutenant |
|
|
|
83 |
Remington, Ida |
|
|
11th NY |
Orderly Sergeant |
|
|
|
84 |
Reno, Ella |
Martin, Frank |
|
8th |
Orderly Sergeant in 8th
|
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|
85 |
|
Riley, William E. |
|
15th IN
Artillery |
|
|
|
|
86 |
Scaberry, Mary |
Freeman, Charles |
|
52nd OH |
Private |
???1862-November 7, 1862 |
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|
87 |
|
Schaffer, Otto |
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|
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|
88 |
Siezgle, Mary |
|
|
41st NY |
Private |
|
|
|
89 |
Smith, Mary |
|
|
41st OH,
“McClellan’s Zouaves” |
|
|
Enlisted to avenge her
brother’s death at |
|
90 |
Smith, Diana |
|
CSA |
Jackson Co, |
|
|
Served with a “Miss Duskie.” Story tells of them fighting in battles against
Yankees, being captured and escaping. |
|
91 |
Tabor, Serina |
|
CSA |
( |
|
|
27 years old, taken in full
CSA uniform and arrested as a spy. |
|
92 |
Taylor, |
“Happy Ned” |
|
(Navy) |
|
|
|
|
93 |
Taylor, Sarah |
|
CSA |
3rd Regt, |
|
|
|
|
94 |
Taylor, Sallie |
|
CSA |
Cobb’s |
|
|
|
|
95 |
Thomas, Vivia |
|
|
20th MO |
Private |
|
|
|
96 |
Thompson, Ellen P.L. |
|
|
139th IL
Infantry |
|
|
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|
97 |
|
Thompson, John |
|
1st KY |
Private |
|
Arrested as a spy by 21st
OH |
|
98 |
Thompson, Lucy Matilda |
Thompson, Bill |
CSA |
18th NC, Co. D.
“Balden Light Infantry” |
Private |
|
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|
99 |
Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta |
Wakeman, Lyons |
|
153rd NY |
Private |
1862-1864 |
Died of chronic diarrhea in
1863, never discovered; wrote letters home. |
|
100 |
Walker, |
|
CSA |
“Quantril’s
Raiders” (guerilla) |
|
|
|
|
101 |
Walkers, Mary |
|
|
10th |
|
|
|
|
102 |
White, Lilly |
|
CSA |
|
|
|
Was in a train wreck, had
both legs amputated, and later died as a result. 23rd |
|
103 |
|
Williams, John |
|
7th |
Private |
|
|
|
104 |
Williams, Laura J. |
Buford, Henry |
CSA |
|
Lieutenant |
|
Raised her
own company of Texans, leading it at |
|
105 |
Wilson, Fanny |
|
|
24th NJ and 3rd
IL Cavalry |
|
|
|
|
106 |
Wilson, Maggie |
Marshal, Charles |
|
13th NY |
Private |
|
|
|
107 |
Wise, Mary Ellen |
|
|
34th |
Private |
|
|
|
108 |
Wright, Mary |
|
CSA |
|
|
???-March 1865 |
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