My Article: "Hidden in Plain Sight"

When I came across this image of Confederate soldiers, I discovered that one of them may be a woman! In this video, Mark and I analyze this interesting photograph, which - according to my research - would be the only one known of a female soldier in the field with her male comrades, if the soldier is indeed a woman.   Make sure to watch to the end to learn about our upcoming article, "Hidden in Plain Sight," which will appear in the spring 2019 edition of Military Images magazine. In this publication, Mark and I discuss this photo and reveal who this possible woman may have been according to military documentation.

I include this female soldier in an introductory chapter in my book, Behind the Rifle, but I discovered her in this photograph too late to include it.

Until next formation...rest.

Julia Underhill: "Don't Forget Me," Part 2

In my previous article, I shared the first part of Julia Rundlett Underhill's story.  She was born in Maine and had married Leemon Underhill, who did not meet her father's approval.  The couple moved initially to Minnesota and then to Wisconsin.  Things were going well until Leemon enlisted in the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery and marched away to garrison Fort Jackson in southern Louisiana.  With her husband absent, Julia found it increasingly difficult to take care of their two daughters and fend off unwanted attention from men.  The tense situation she discovered herself in ultimately drove her back east - to Massachusetts where two of her aunts lived.  And it was from there where she sent Leemon a letter in 1864, informing him that she had become a "good looking boy."  Click [HERE] to read part one.