Satronia Smith Hunt

Sophronia Smith Hunt (; October 1846 – August 1, 1928) was an American woman who disguised herself as a man and secretly served as a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Her first soldier husband died after he was wounded at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. They served in the 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment.

Civil War service 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". 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." The 29th Iowa Infantry regiment fought at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry at the end of April 1864, and subsequently died as a POW. never having been wounded in battle.

Later life, death, and memorial After mustering out, she married John Hunt,

She died August 1, 1928, at Sioux City, Iowa, at age 81 years, 10 months. Installed 88 years after her death, her headstone carries the words: "Civil War Veteran."

Tim Gallagher writes in the Sioux City Journal: