All-Girl Rhea County Spartans

[Gay Mathis]

All-Girl Rhea County Spartans

Begun as a lark, the all-girl Rhea County Spartans soon attracted the attention of unamused Union officers. By Charles Rice

http://www.historynet.com/magazines/american_civil_war/3028086.html
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Unbelievable as it might seem, most of these carefree young ladies would one day be "captured" by the Union Army and find themselves held as full-fledged prisoners of war. The story of the adventuresome Rhea County girls and the "cavalry company" they formed is an undeservedly forgotten incident of the Civil War.
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Gay

[ole]

Great post, Gay. Had to think about what was going on in the minds of the cavalry company and the girls at the time. Apparently there was nothing untoward, but I was thinking what they were thinking. Hmmmm.

ole