Satomi Okada, 52, pulls her hair back as she transfers chicken thighs from a cast iron skillet to a soup pot under the guidance of re-enactor Candy Girard, 62 of Omaha, Neb., at the Blue Gray Alliance's re-enactment camp outside Gettysburg, Pa., on Friday, June 28, 2013. Okada, who is from Kobe, Japan, has a three-month tourist visa and is trying to learn what she can about the Civil War, which in Japan is called "the North-South War." A Minnesota friend of hers is re-enacting, and brought her along for the ride. Okada will be a "powder monkey" -- assisting with the cannons -- with Terry's Texas Rangers Company H during the re-enactments. Some women did go to war -- in cognito -- with their brothers, fathers or husbands during the Civil War, and more than a few female re-enactors today are portraying that by abandoning the hoop skirts and petticoats in favor of men's wear and artillery. DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS - CHRIS DUNN