Spies! Women in the Civil War
Penny Colman
- Spies!
- Women
- in
- the
- Civil
- War
- tells
- the
- thrilling
- stories
- of
- women
- who
- served
- as
- spies
- for
- the
- North
- and
- for
- the
- South--Harriet
- Tubman
- led
- Union
- troops
- on
- raids
- up
- the
- Combahee
- River
- in
- South
- Carolina;
- Belle
- Boyd
- provided
- information
- to
- Confederate
- generals;
- Elizabeth
- Van
- Lew
- organized
- a
- spy
- ring
- in
- Richmond,
- Virginia,
- the
- capital
- of
- the
- Confederacy,
- which
- included
- an
- insider
- on
- President
- Jefferson
- Davis’
- staff;
- Rose
- O’Neal
- Greenhow
- operated
- a
- network
- of
- spies
- in
- Washington,
- D.C.
- They
- were
- a
- diverse
- group
- of
- women.
- Belle
- Boyd
- was
- a
- teenager.
- Harriet
- Tubman,
- Rose
- O’Neal
- Greenhow,
- and
- Elizabeth
- Van
- Lew
- were
- in
- their
- forties.
- Tubman
- was
- an
- unschooled
- former
- slave.
- Greenhow,
- Van
- Lew,
- and
- Boyd
- were
- well-educated
- and
- wealthy.
- Boyd
- and
- Greenhow
- supported
- slavery.
- Tubman
- and
- Van
- Lew
- despised
- it.
- Smart,
- brave,
- committed,
- and
- clever,
- the
- women
- spies
- were
- undaunted
- by
- the
- risks
- of
- getting
- shot,
- arrested,
- imprisoned,
- even
- hanged.
- Their
- stories
- are
- awesome
- and
- inspiring.
- And
- in
- some
- cases,
- their
- stories
- are
- almost
- unbelievable.
- Chronology,
- Historic
- Places
- To
- Visit,
- Further Reading
