She wanted a role that was more exciting and, in her mind, having more impact on the war effort.Įmma decided she would pose as a man and join the Army. An inner voice told her that she would not be happy with typical jobs given to women during the Civil War such as rolling bandages, knitting socks or working in textile mills where blankets were made for the soldiers. Emma had always climbed the highest tree and rode the fastest horse. An idealistic young woman, Emma headed for the United States, a nation that stood behind their words of freedom and liberty.Įmma loved her new country, and when President Lincoln called on the young men of America to volunteer for the Army at the start of the Civil War, Emma decided she wanted to help the cause and to protect and save the nation that she had grown to love. The fractured relationship between Emma and her father led her, at sixteen years of age, to run away from home. Emma felt the resentment of her harsh and remote father who had wanted a son.
John, Canada, and had worn men's clothes for years while working on the family farm.
She was in the habit of wearing men's clothes. She had a slender build and had short cropped hair. Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour Reit, tells the true story of Emma Edmonds, who in April of 1861, answered the rallying cry of President Abraham Lincoln, who called upon the young men of America to join in the Union effort during the Civil War.
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