tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post196586963659987087..comments2023-06-08T04:15:43.908-05:00Comments on The Lost Albatross: Relic of my pastEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-79646433860621287752008-04-09T13:10:00.000-05:002008-04-09T13:10:00.000-05:00FP - Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.I use a Nikon D70...FP - Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>I use a Nikon D70 with <A HREF="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/324190-USA/Nikon_2149_18_70mm_f_3_5_4_5_G_AFS_ED_IF.html" REL="nofollow">this lens</A>.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-25455362390186339022008-04-09T13:03:00.000-05:002008-04-09T13:03:00.000-05:00I have to agree that was a fun story to read!Emily...I have to agree that was a fun story to read!<BR/><BR/>Emily...what kind of camera do you use?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-48156038889076817742008-04-08T16:50:00.000-05:002008-04-08T16:50:00.000-05:00MBM - You're right, and from what I've read, that ...MBM - You're right, and from what I've read, that was likely the case in at least a handful of the stories. Some of them even continued to live (to varying degrees of success) as men after the war. One even managed to go undetected until being discovered in a home for elderly veterans.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-41247946274835190362008-04-08T16:45:00.000-05:002008-04-08T16:45:00.000-05:00In your brief list of reasons why women might try ...In your brief list of reasons why women might try to pass as men in the civil war you left out that they might just want to pass as men, period...because they were transgendered.M Big Mistakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989660176501189041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-74370995447648404162008-04-08T10:06:00.000-05:002008-04-08T10:06:00.000-05:00Thanks Zach! You should definitely check out reen...Thanks Zach! You should definitely check out reenacting. There are groups all over the country, and the best way to start is just by showing up at an event and asking around. Be forewarned, though: it's far from being a cheap hobby. But it is, indeed, incredibly fun!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-45386078231256248112008-04-07T20:56:00.000-05:002008-04-07T20:56:00.000-05:00I've always wanted to do Civil War re-enacting, si...I've always wanted to do Civil War re-enacting, simply because I've always held a deep fascination with that period in our nation's history.<BR/><BR/>Great read, Emily!Zach W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08961303805266463551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-17431557210483391552008-04-07T11:49:00.000-05:002008-04-07T11:49:00.000-05:00Thanks George!It's funny that you mention the Edmo...Thanks George!<BR/><BR/>It's funny that you mention the Edmonds memoir, as I read a biography of her a little while ago: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Private-Thompson-Edmonds-Soldier/dp/0803259883/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b" REL="nofollow">"The Mysterious Private Thompson."</A><BR/><BR/>She was an interesting character, and apparently somewhat prone to exaggeration in her own writing about her adventures. Still, well worth the read, especially since there are only a handful of books on the subject--less so those written by the women themselves.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-13508815464508851362008-04-07T11:37:00.000-05:002008-04-07T11:37:00.000-05:00That was a fun narrative.See below:Memoirs of a So...That was a fun narrative.<BR/><BR/>See below:<BR/>Memoirs of a Soldier, Nurse and Spy: A Woman's Adventures in the Union Army (Paperback)<BR/>Book Description<BR/>Sarah Emma Edmonds was born in New Brunswick, Canada in 1842, the fifth daughter of Isaac and Elisabeth Leeper Edmondson. Her father, a farmer, was bitterly disappointed with Sarah as he had wanted a son to work his land for him.<BR/><BR/>Sarah tried very hard to be the boy her father always wanted, abandoning female dress and becoming an expert horsewoman and markswoman. However, this was all to no avail: sadly, she never won the approval of Isaac. In 1859, she ran away from home to escape the man she described as ‘The Brutal Father’.<BR/><BR/>Sarah fled to the USA, where dressing as a man to draw less attention to herself, she adopted the name of ‘Frank Thompson’. By 1861, ‘Frank’ was working selling Bibles door-to-door in Flint, Michigan, and so successful in ‘his’ guise that he was escorting young ladies in ‘his’ carriage.<BR/><BR/>When President Lincoln issued his first call for volunteer troops, ‘Frank’ wanted to answer the call and patriotically serve ‘his’ new homeland. The army at that time didn't require a full physical examination. However, it still took ‘Frank’ four tries to get into the Union Army. On April 25, 1861, Sarah Emma Edmonds alias Frank Thompson became a male nurse in Company F, of the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. This is 'his' story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com