womens influence on the civil war

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…at 9 this morning," wrote Taylor in her diary on Feb. 14, 1864. "Mr. T. had some corn and other things hidden from them. I got Fenwick to bury my wine. "Some members of Major Brevard's Battalion came up here, and he himself called on his way to meet the enemy. We were all busy endeavoring to secrete a few of our things." Disguised as a man, Frances Clalin served many months in Missouri artillery and cavalry units.