[2][6] DeAnne Blanton writes that the existence of women soldiers such as Hunt "was no secret during or after the Civil War"; however, newspaper articles about them provided "few specific details about the individual woman's army career".
[7] According to the Sioux City Journal, "Hunt was one of an estimated 400 women who dressed as a man and served on the front lines for the Union Army during the Civil War.
[2][5] Installed 88 years after her death, her headstone carries the words: "Civil War Veteran.
The obituary Sides unearthed comes from the Aug. 9, 1928, edition of the South Sioux City Eagle newspaper.
It notes that young Sophronia's use of a manly disguise in the Civil War hid her identity for one month of fighting.