Catherine E. Davidson lived in the United States during the Civil War Era. Davidson dressed up like a man to join the Union Army and stay close to her fiancé. She fought in the Battle of Antietam and was seriously wounded. Because of this injury, she did not go back into the army. Soon after she was found out to be a woman. Joining the Union Army. Catherine E. Davidson lived in Sheffield, Ohio, with her fiancé. While in Ohio, her husband enlisted to fight in the Union Army. To stay close to her fiancé, she joined too. Because she could not enlist as a woman, she dressed up like a man.
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