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| − | '''Lizzie Compton''' ([[birth|born]] c. [[1847]]) was a woman who disguised herself as man in order to fight for the Union in the [[American Civil War]]. She enlisted at the age of 14, and served in seven different regiments until she was seriously wounded two years later in the [[Battle of Tebbs Bend]] in 1863. She was from [[London, Ontario]].
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *The Civil War Book of List, Combined Books,1993 pg,179-182
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| − | *[http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/8558/other/woman.html "2nd Michigan Infantry Woman in the Civil War Page", URL accessed 05/05/06]
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| − | {{lgbt|Lizzie Compton}}
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| − | [[Category:Canadian expatriates in the United States]]
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| − | [[Category:Female wartime crossdressers]]
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| − | [[Category:Pre-Confederation Ontario people]]
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| − | [[Category:Women in the American Civil War]]
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| − | [[Category:People of Michigan in the American Civil War]]
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