Mary Siezgle

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

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

References

^ ^a ^b Tsui, Bonnie (2006). She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War. Guilford: TwoDot. p. 70.
^ Hall, Richard H. (2006). Women on the Civil War Battlefront. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. p. 235. ISBN 9780700614370.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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[Bonnie_Tsui-1] 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.

[Blanton_and_Wike-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.

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