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The Soldier

With Two Sexes

Contributed by Janice (33-L-1) FPE

The Official Records and Correspondence of the Way of the Rebellion has various references and notations in the index volume to a Captain Sue Mundy. Only in one place is there an indication that this notorious leader of a guerrilla band in Kentucky in the Civil War was even more than she seemed. By cross-reference to her, one Jerome Clark is mentioned. And Jerome Clark is actually who she was. This little-known story, as far as it can be determined, may make fascinating reading to the subscribers of this magazine.

In Kentucky in the year 1845, Marcus Jerome Clark was born. and nothing further is known of his life until, under the name of Jerome Clark, he joined the Confederate Army at the age of sixteen. His first war experience was at the battle of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Tennessee. Afterwards, he joined General Morgan's Raiders and was wounded and cut off from the rest of the army at Cynthiana, Kentucky. Instead of trying to rejoin Morgan after his recovery, he took up Guerrilla warfare in Kentucky. In short order he made such a name for himself as a fighter that he was able to organize his own band. Following the usual custom of the time, he gave himself the rank of Captain.

By the age of nineteen, Clark was a battle-seasoned and highly respected warrior. Several guerrilla bands were operating in Kentucky at that time, including the most famous of all, William Clarke Quantrill, from Bleeding, Kansas. Other irregulars also fighting were bands under Frank and Jesse James, and Cole Younger and his brothers. These men, of course went on later to even greater notoriety. According to Collins' exhaustive history of

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