Frances hook civil war biography for kids

Claimed Civil War veteran

Frances Hook
Nickname(s)	Pvt. Richard and frances hook Richard and frances hook Frances hook prints Frances hook artist wikipedia Frances hook figurines Frances Hook, disguised as a man, enlisted as a soldier in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. At the time, women were not allowed to serve in the. Frank Miller, Frank Henderson, Frank Fuller
Born	1847 Illinois, U.S.
Died	March 17, 1908(1908-03-17) (aged 60–61)
Allegiance	Union Army
Battles / wars	American Civil War
Children	Maggie

Frances Hook (1847–March 17, 1908) claimed that she, disguised as a man, enlisted as a soldier in the Union Army during the U.S.

Civil War. She stated her aliases were Pvt. Frank Miller, Frank Henderson, Frank Martin and Frank Fuller. However, the enlistment records for the units in which she claimed to have served show no evidence of those aliases, nor any record to corroborate her story.^[1]

Early life

Frances Hook was born in Illinois in 1847.

When she was three years old both of her parents died, leaving only her and her older brother, who brought her up until the start of the Civil War.

At the time the Civil War began, Hook and her brother were living in Chi