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Frances Hook

Claimed Civil War veteran

Frances Hook

Nickname(s)Pvt. Frank Miller, Frank Henderson, Frank Fuller
Born1847
Illinois, U.S.
DiedMarch 17, 1908(1908-03-17) (aged 60–61)
AllegianceUnion Army
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
ChildrenMaggie

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.

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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 Frances Hook - Wikiwand MAFAX