Sarah rosetta wakeman letters to juliet

With the speed and strength of any man in battle, hundreds of women answered the call to bear arms for the Union or the Confederacy. Dozens of them were able to evade detection, fight in battle, die as heroes or survive the war to live rich lives.

One such woman to fight as a man was Sarah Rosetta Wakeman.

Rosetta, was born in Afton, New York on January 16, 1843 to Harvey Anable and Emily Wakeman, the first of nine children in the family. She worked hard on her father's dairy farm to help support her family, and later worked as a domestic.

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Her father was deeply in debt, and he also served as town constable.

In the summer of 1862, Rosetta left home and took on a new identity as Pvt. Lyons Wakeman. She worked as a barge operator and coal handler on the outskirts of Binghamton and every chance she got, she wrote home to let her family know that their 'son' was doing well.

On her first trip up the river, Rosetta met several soldiers from the 153rd New York Regiment of Volunt