Interesting picture. I was thinking before I read your comments that she looked a lot like a man. LOL
Nov 20, 2011 1:22 pm
reply
Frances Clalin Clayton
Frances Clalin Clayton was a woman who disguised herself as a man (called Jack Williams) in the Civil War. She was wounded at the battles of Shiloh and Stone River.
While she was born in Illinois, she served in the Missouri cavalry and artillery for several months, along with her husband who was k
... show more
Suzanne - I thought the same thing! ;) But she followed her first husband into battle (where he died) and married again and had three children, so . . . she had to be all woman! However, it must have been easy for her to disguise herself as a man!
Nov 21, 2011 12:07 am
reply
