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| − | '''Florena Budwin''' (died January 251865) was an [[United States of America|American]] woman who, during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the [[Union Army]] with her husband.
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| − | They were both captured and confined at [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]'s most notoriously brutal [[prisoner of war]] concentration camp, [[Andersonville prison|Andersonville]], where her husband died. She remained at Andersonville until it was threatened by Union forces, and was then transferred to the [[Florence Stockade]] in [[Florence, South Carolina]]. Less than three months before the end of the war, her gender was discovered by a doctor when, during an epidemic, she became ill, and eventually died. As a result of her wartime service and ultimate sacrifice, she became the first woman to be buried in a national cemetery.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *Sifakis. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War'', page 86
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| − | *Blakey, Arch Fredric. ''General John Windor, C.S.A'', page 4
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| − | ==External link==
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| − | * [http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/2518/cladinuniform.htm Detailed and referenced site listing Florena Budwin and many other women who served in the American Civil War]
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| − | {{lgbt|Florena Budwin}}
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