MnáMondays: Frances E. Quinn

Frances Elizabeth Quinn emigrated from Ireland as a child. Quinn enlisted in the Union Army five times during the American Civil War, each time changing her name & was wounded at the Battle of Stones River. She was discharged but was pardoned by President Lincoln.

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