They banned women from 'the field' for a while, Jack, after she caught a 16 foot pike in the spleen. Very nasty.

It's pretty scary when you're in a 'hedgehog' too, if you'll pardon the expression! lol There you are, trapped in the middle of a circle of men with 16 ft pikes (ooer, missus), pikes all facing outwards, and you get charged by the enemy on horseback...horses are terrified, canon and musket firing off all around you, and nowhere to run...

Lizzie, former Camp Follower and adminstererererrrrr of water to the sick and needy soldiers.