Frances Clayton, dressed as a woman. Circa 1865. Frances Louisa Clayton, also recorded as Frances Clalin, was an American woman who purportedly disgui

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Frances Clayton, dressed as a woman. Circa 1865. Frances Louisa Clayton, 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. Photographed by Samuel Masury.

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