Lady Rebel
Beil, Patty and George
When General Joseph Hooker pompously said, "The Rebel Army is now the legitimate property of the Army of the Potomac, " he was definitely not talking about Jane Perkins. She was no man's property, no army's property and the only one who owned Jane Perkins was Jane herself. Jane never won a medal. She was never honored as a soldier and yet she ranks right up there with the best of any female soldier of any war ever fought. Respected by her supe...