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Back to EpisodesThe Ordinary Yet Mysterious Civil War Soldier, Rosetta Wakeman
Published 1 year, 6 months ago
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Rosetta Wakeman, AKA Pvt. Lyon Wakeman of the Civil War, wrote many letters home. Historians see her one way, we see her another way - a woman in search of identity during the Victorian age when women weren't given any choices. Rosetta made her own choices as a Union Civil War soldier.
She didn't do anything that historians see as spectacular but she was spectacular in forging a way for women to find their own identity.
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