The 160th anniversary of the Battle of Big Black River slipped past me! It was on May 17th. Here is a video I did last year about a woman killed there. She was the subject of a poem written by an Iowa soldier who was moved to do so after learning about the incident.
I felt I needed to make this video sorting out all the garbled mess surrounding the accounts of Elizabeth Quinn, a.k.a. "Frances Hook," and Ella Reno. It ended up being longer than I originally planned, and even then I still didn't discuss all of the discrepancies in their stories.
My blog posts I referenced in the video:
Finding Frances: My Quest to Discover the True Frances Hook
A Monument to a Civil War Woman Soldier? .
I created a couple of documents which I hope will provide a helpful, organized summary of the information I discussed in the video.
Comparison between Quinn and Reno by topic:
Timeline:
