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  1. A Masquerading Musketeer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 26, 1884
    Topics: Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Infection, Military, Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, William R. Morse
    Description: Watertown Republican (Watertown, WI)
  2. A Woman Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 13, 1886
    Topics: Crossdressing, Law, Passing (Gender), Retirement benefits, Soldiers, Veterans
    Subject: Company F. Second Regiment Michigan Infantry, Franklin Thompson, Joseph Allen, S. E. Seelye
    Description: Wessington Springs Herald (Wessington Springs, South Dakota)
  3. Bridgeport Items: Romance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator: Jackson County News
    Date: Jun. 10, 1865
    Topics: Crossdressing, Military, Soldiers
    Subject: 7th Ohio Cavalry, Ida Bruce
    Description: This item can be found on page 3 of the newspaper
  4. "Franklin Thompson's" Career

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 7, 1884
    Topics: Crossdressing, Families, Government, Hospitals, Politics, Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Orlando M. Poe, Sarah E. E. Seeley
    Description: Iowa County Democrat (Mineral Point, WI)
  5. Mrs. E. E. Seeyle the Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Fredonia Times
    Date: Oct. 16, 1884
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Combat, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Battle of Bull Run, Company F. Second Regiment Michigan Infantry, E. E. Seelye, Franklin Thompson, Sanitary Commission
    Description: Phillpsburg Herald (Phillipsburg, Kansas)
  6. The Cairo News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 2, 1863
    Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Military, Soldiers, Suicide
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye (Burlington, IA)
  7. The Old Soldier a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1896
    Topics: Agricultural occupations, Assigned gender, Burial ceremonies, Death and dying, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Otto Schaffer
    Description: Mexico Weekly Ledger (Mexico, MO)
  8. The Woman in Battle: the adventures, exploits, and travels of Madame Loreta Juaneta Velasquez

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1876
    Topics: Military, Soldiers, Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
    Subject: Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Loreta Juaneta Velasquez
    Description: Brochure advertising the publication of the book "The Woman in Battle" by Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who claims to have masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Includes highli...
  9. There is a Remarkable Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 14, 1886
    Topics: Army, Civil wars, Crimes, Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Military, Soldiers
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Sarah E. Edmonds, Sarah E. Seelye
    Description: Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ)
  10. Women of Spartan Courage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 13, 1893
    Topics: Combat, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Desertion, Military, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Charles D. Fuller, Frances Day, Franklin Thompson, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Company, Sarah E. Seelye