And Well Call Her General Leigh (A
Civil War Romantic Comedy) by
Janet, Elaine Smith
Warm, Well-Written, And Funny; But Moving, Also.
Leigh Davis was raised as the son General Alexander Davis never had
and always wanted. When the war hit, she found a way to serve by taking
supplies and food to the camp at nearby Harpers Ferry, while her father
went off to be a personal aide to President Lincoln. Clad in her normal
buckskins, her long blonde locks tucked under her cap, the men in camp
heard her refer to her father. Thinking she was his son, they joked about
her being as bossy as General Lee. And so, they called her General
Leigh.Grant Sinclair, a spy for the South, kept bumping into General Leigh,
until one day he was wounded and she took it on as her responsibility to
nurse him back to health. Could their differences, as vast as those that
existed between the other Lee and Grant, survive despite all the obstacles
of the war? Packed with both emotion and hilarity, And Well Call Her

General Leigh is a fresh take on the Civil War, and the brave men and
women who served during this trying time.
Personal Review: And Well Call Her General Leigh (A Civil War
Romantic Comedy) by Janet, Elaine Smith
Leigh Davis has been raised by her father, General Alexander Davis, to be
the son he wanted but never had. When war between North and South
looms, General Davis refuses the plea of his cousin - Jefferson Davis - to
serve the Confederacy. Alexander Davis remains loyal to the Union and to
President Lincoln, despite his family ties and despite his friendship with
former West Point classmate Robert E. Lee (for whom Leigh is named).
With General Davis off to the war, Leigh decides she must do something
more as her contribution than staying at home and helping her mother run
the family's Maryland farm. Dressed in her usual boyish garb, with her
golden curls concealed by a cap, she begins taking fresh food supplies to
a nearby Union Army camp. Impressed by her forceful personality, and
believing that she's the son of General Davis - not his daughter - the men
of that camp soon nickname her "General" Leigh.
Hiding near the camp Leigh visits so often is a Confederate Army spy,
Grant Sinclair. The young officer watches the "boy" come and go, and one
day he learns her secret. As the battles move closer, and even civilian
lives are put in peril, love blossoms between Leigh and Grant. Is it a
doomed love? Or one that can conquer anything, including a war whose
opposite sides are led by generals bearing the same names as this
unlikely pair?
I didn't know quite what to expect from a book described by its author as a
Civil War romantic comedy. Well, that's exactly what it is, all right! It had
me in stitches at times, but it also has some powerful passages as Leigh
and Grant (and their young friend Jackson, another general's namesake)
learn what war really costs. This warm, well-written tale has a lot of fun at
history's expense, and its heroine is memorable indeed as she learns
another great lesson: that those who truly love you accept you just the way
you are.
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