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Lizzie Compton
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Lizzie Compton (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.
References
- The Civil War Book of List, Combined Books,1993 pg,179-182
- "2nd Michigan Infantry Woman in the Civil War Page", URL accessed 05/05/06
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