"Figures for Wargaming Jango Wexler's The Shadow War Series" Topic

I have recently read the 3 volumes of Jango Wexler' The Shadow War. It ia a Fantasy series based on the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon. Most of the Battles seem to be based on real battles and real armies so that they can be made from existing figures. The big problem is an all women battalion called "The Girls Own Volunteers." A revolutionary unit that plays a major part in the books and battles. My question is how to portray them in a wargame. Is their any figures that can be used for women in combat in the Napoleonic age?

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Why use different figures?

Many women served in the American Civil War and several weren't discovered until wounded.

I have also read all three of the books that have been published so far, and as far as I recall, the female regiment wears the same uniform as the other volunteer regiments … so they don't need special figures to represent them on the tabletop.

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Thanks to all for the responses. Bob, the reason for the special figures is that while in theory the women wear the same uniforms as the men, in "reality" they do not. Wexler makes several references to the fact that that the women wear only a blue coat and cap as uniform. They wear civilian dress underneath. This is consistent with the revolutionary forces they represent Certain characters, especially Winter Inhernglass, can be represented by regular male figures since she is disguised as a man. AS can other figures who are male commissioned and noncommissioned officers of the battalion. But I think female figures would just help to make the point.