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Why Was Lyons Wakeman a Significant Figure During the Civil

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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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