Laura J. Williams

Laura J. Williams

Laura J. Williams was a woman who disguised herself as a man and used the alias Lt. Henry Benford in order to raise and lead a company of Confederate Texans during the American Civil War. She and the company participated in Battle of Shiloh.

References

* The Civil War Book of List, Combined Books,1993 pages 179-182

ee also

*Sarah Taylor (soldier)
*Malinda Blalock
*Albert Cashier
*Sarah Emma Edmunds
*Loreta Janeta Velazquez
*Mary Edwards Walker
*Mollie Bean

External links

* [http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-3.html DeAnne Blanton - Women soldiers of the Civil War]
* [http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/women_soldiers_of_the_civil_wa.php K.G. Schneider - Women soldiers of the Civil War]


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