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Mary Burns was an American woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight in the American Civil War.〔Albert A. Nofi, ''A Civil War Treasury''. Da Capo Press, 1995. ISBN 0-306-80622-3, p. 357.〕 She enlisted in the 7th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in order not to be parted from her lover, who was in the same regiment.〔DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook, ''They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War''. LSU Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8071-2806-6, pp. (31 ) and (124 ).〕 Her sex was discovered within a few days, before her company had left Detroit. 〔Mary Elizabeth Massey, ''Women in the Civil War''. University of Nebraska Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8032-8213-3. p. 80, citing the Detroit ''Advertiser and Tribune'', February 25, 1863. Available on (Google books ). Accessed 8 January 2008.〕 She was arrested in uniform, held in the city jail, and charged with masquerading as a man. The account of the incident in the Detroit ''Advertiser and Tribune'' (February 25, 1863) described the defendant as "a very pretty woman".〔Cited in ''Michigan Women in the Civil War''. Michigan, 1963. p. 33.〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Burns (soldier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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