Mary Siezgle

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Mary Siezgle was a soldier of the Union Army in the American Civil War.[1] Her service began as a nurse, but she joined her husband in the 44th New York Infantry disguised as a man.[1][2] She was one of five women who are known to have participated as a combatant in the Battle of Gettysburg.[3]

Legacy[edit]

In 1915, the New York Times published an article about the service of Siezgle.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Tsui, Bonnie (2006). She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War. Guilford: TwoDot. p. 70.
  2. ^ Hall, Richard H. (2006). Women on the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 235. ISBN 9780700614370.
  3. ^ Blanton, DeAnne; Wike, Laura Cook (2002). They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War. LSU Press. p. 15. ISBN 0807128066. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ Leonard, Elizabeth D. (1999). All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies. New York: W.W.Norton and Company. p. 223-224. ISBN 9780393047127.