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Frances Louisa Clayton (c. 1830 – after 1863), also recorded as Frances Clalin, was an American woman who purportedly disguised herself as a man to fight for the Union Army in the American Civil War, though many historians now believe her story was likely fabricated. Under the alias Jack Williams, she claimed to have enlisted in a Missouri regiment along with her husband, and fought in several battles. She claimed that she left the army soon after her husband died at Stones River.[1][2]
Newspaper reports indicate that Clayton served in both cavalry and artillery units. Her story became known and widely circulated after her service, though each account contains contradictory, and in some cases dubious, information about her life and supposed service. Several photographs of Clayton, including images of her in uniform, are known to exist. However, little else is known of her life and no official military record exists of her service.[3]
- ^ Blanton, DeAnne; Cook, Lauren M. (2002). They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War. LSU Press. p. 10. ISBN 0807128066.
- ^ Tsui, Bonnie (2006). She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 66. ISBN 1461748496.
- ^ Blanton, DeAnne; Cook, Lauren M. (2002). They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War. LSU Press. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0807128066.; Record Group 94, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.