The following report, from an Australian newspaper, dated in October, 1887, as well as the New York Times, seems to indicate that the person named had served in the Navy during the Civil War, and from the description of the war, it would seem to imply that she had been in the Confederate Navy. We are now trying to research this further, but, with a name like Elizabeth Taylor, it is almost impossible to verify:

"The remains of a woman who has had a remarkable career, were the other day interred at a village near Warrington. Her name was Elizabeth Taylor, but locally she was known as Happy Ned. She had for years dressed in male attire. She served as a sailor during the war of Secession in America, was afterwards employed in the docks at Liverpool, and still later earned her living as a navy and farm labourer. She was fifty-six years old, and had appeared in male attire before the magistrates several times for drunkenness."

If anyone has anything further on this person, please let me know. If we can verify this report as being factual, then it would be the first case of a female serving in either Navy, during the Civil War.