Why Was Lyons Wakeman a Significant Figure During the Civil

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Multiple Choice

Why was Lyons Wakeman a significant figure during the Civil War?

• A) Wakeman became the leading farmer during the Civil War who made sure that soldiers were well fed even as supplies decreased.
• B) Wakeman became a leading Confederate general who inspired most of Lee's most famous strategies.
• C) Wakeman was Lincoln's close adviser who convinced him to issue the Emancipation Proclamation at the end of the war.
• D) Wakeman, like hundreds of soldiers on both sides, was a woman who disguised her gender to serve in the war.
• E) Wakeman was a famous nurse who, although unable to enter the battlefields, helped develop an important vaccine from a nearby hospital.

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