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An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Private Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers by Sarah Wakeman,
Sentiments were expressed by tens of thousands of Civil War soldiers in their diaries thousand foot krutch phenomenon and in their letters to loved ones at home. What transforms the letters of Pvt. Lyons Wakeman from merely interesting reading into a unique thousand foot krutch phenomenon and fascinating addition to Civil War literature is who wrote them - for Private Wakeman was not what "he" seemed to be. The five-foot tall soldier's true identity was that of a simple young farm girl from central New York state named Sarah Rosetta Wakeman. Written shortly after she left home to pursue her fortune in 1862, Wakeman's letters provide a rare glimpse of what life was like for a woman fighting as a common soldier in the Civil War under the guise of a man. The letters (the only such correspondence known to exist) tell of army life in the defenses of Washington D.C. thousand foot krutch phenomenon and on the march thousand foot krutch phenomenon and in battle during the 1864 Louisiana Red River Campaign. In them, Private Wakeman expresses her determination to perform honorably the duty required of a soldier, thousand foot krutch phenomenon and her pride in being able to "drill just as well as any man" in her regiment. Although Wakeman did not survive the war, her letters remain as a singular record of female military life in the ranks, a phenomenon largely ignored by historians thousand foot krutch phenomenon and researchers. This unique collection of letters offers a firsthand look at the personality thousand foot krutch phenomenon and character of a woman who defied convention to take a man's place in the Union army.
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Phenomenon (Thousand Foot Krutch album) - Phenomenon is the third album released by the Christian rock band Thousand Foot Krutch, on the label of Tooth & Nail Records.
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