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This is a massive longshot, but if you don't shoot, you can't get any hits, right?
At Andersonville National Cemetery, in grave 13706, reportedly lies an "Unknown Lady." She was not a prisoner at Andersonville, but not long after the War ended, they dug up Union soldiers who'd died and been interred in the area and reburied them in the National Cemetery. We know from her grave number that she was one of these. The notation next to the words "Unknown Lady" in the cemetery register says "Died as a soldier."
Has anyone ever come across a reference in a diary, letter, or regimental history about a Union soldier who was discovered to have been a woman after she died?
Thanks!
At Andersonville National Cemetery, in grave 13706, reportedly lies an "Unknown Lady." She was not a prisoner at Andersonville, but not long after the War ended, they dug up Union soldiers who'd died and been interred in the area and reburied them in the National Cemetery. We know from her grave number that she was one of these. The notation next to the words "Unknown Lady" in the cemetery register says "Died as a soldier."
Has anyone ever come across a reference in a diary, letter, or regimental history about a Union soldier who was discovered to have been a woman after she died?
Thanks!