Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero

Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero — page 5
just a moment there When it was her turn she leaned over for the pen ready to sign on to the Union army the recruiter said Sarah froze Could he tell she was a woman How She’d been fooling people for so long she thought her disguise was perfect Growing up on a farm she’d learned to handle a gun and a horse Even then she’d put on her brother’s homespun pants to hunt So learning to walk talk eat and gesture like a man had come easy to her By now it was a habit 6