I got my author's copies of the paperback version of my book in the mail today. It wasn't supposed to be out until next month. Rather, it will ship next week!
I'm so glad they kept the cover the same!
You can order the hardback, paperback, or ebook at the University of Press website by clicking [HERE]. Fake plant not included.
Until next formation.....rest.
A reader sent me a link to an auction house that sold a letter written by Sgt. William Henry Austin of the 109th New York Infantry. He was a childhood friend of Rosetta Wakeman and was a bit surprised to see her in the uniform of a soldier when her regiment, the 153rd New York Infantry, was passing through Alexandria, Virginia. Austin says her unit was bound for Texas, but they ended up in Louisiana and participated in the ill-fated Red River Campaign. What I found especially intriguing about Austin's letter is the fact that he observed that she sported "an insipid moustache, highly colored."
The amazing account of Pvt. Jennie Jenkins has been documented previously in secondary sources. Apparently, she enlisted openly as a woman in the Butternut Valley Guards. This was in 1862, and I began to wonder if this is the first instance of a female serving under her true identity as a documented soldier in the ranks in our country's history.
This article will detail my adventure in researching Jennie Jenkins, which will serve as another installment in my Finding series. Other women soldiers I have previously included in the series include Elizabeth Quinn (Frances Hook), "William Bradley," and Sophronia Hunt Smith.
