Beneath the Starry Flag

About the Book

Historians estimate some four hundred women disguised themselves as soldiers and fought during the American Civil War. Eighteen-year-old Charlotte Menefee joins the Union Army to be with her brother. At the battle of Gettysburg, Confederates threaten to break the Union line, and Charlotte must prove herself as brave a soldier as any man.

About the Author

Jeannine Wilkins was twice a finalist for the Rupert Hughes award at the Maui Writer’s Conference and won first place for Beneath the Starry Flag at the Southwest Writer’s Conference. She received the Shubert Fellowship and the Feldman Award for playwriting at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where she received her master’s degree and a second Shubert Fellowship at Ohio State University, where she earned her doctorate. She worked as a marketing and public relations professional while writing Beneath the Starry Flag.