16-year-old Sarah Louisa Wheelock lives on a farm near a small village in Michigan in the 1860s. Her abusive father wants her to marry an abusive neighbor who has several children. Instead, she runs away to Flint, Michigan to stay with an aunt, and then ships out with the First Union Greys to fight in the Civil War as a man.
Sarah Louisa Wheelock, 16 years old, resides on a farm near a small village in Michigan during the 1860s. Her harsh father wishes her to marry an abusive neighbor with multiple offspring. Instead, she flees to Flint, Michigan to stay with an aunt and then joins the First Union Greys as a man to fight in the Civil War.