The Ordinary Yet Mysterious Civil War Soldier, Rosetta Wakeman

Send us Fan MailRosetta Wakeman, AKA Pvt. Lyon Wakeman of the Civil War, wrote many letters home.   Historians see her one way, we see her another way - a woman in search of identity during the Victorian age when women weren't given any choices.  Rosetta made her own choices as a Union Civil War soldier.She didn't do anything that historians see as spectacular but she was spectacular in forging a way for women to find their own identity. See pictures and additional information about Badass Women of America on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/badass_women_of_america/