CDV of Frances Clalin Clayton, a woman who disguised herself as a man, “Jack Williams,” to fight in the Civil War. She is wearing a Union nine button shell jacket, Hardee hat with cavalry insignia, and holding a U.S. foot officers sword. LOC. For more information on Frances Clalin Clayton visit www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/frances-clayton.
Frances Hook.CDV of Frances Clalin Clayton, a woman who disguised herself as a man, “Jack Williams,” to fight in the Civil War. She is wearing a Union nine button shell jacket, Hardee hat with cavalry insignia, and holding a U.S. foot officers sword. LOC. For more information on Frances Clalin Clayton visit www. battlefields.org/learn/biographies/frances-clayton.Frances Hook, also known as Private Frank Miller, Frank Henderson, and Frank Fuller of Co. G, 90th Illinois Infantry Regiment, 33rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, and 11th Illinois Infantry Regiment. She was discovered to be a woman when she was wounded at the Battle of Fredericktown, Mo. Afterwards, she enlisted in another regiment and was captured at Florence, Ala., and imprisoned in Atlanta where again she was discovered to be a woman. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
