Spies! Women in the Civil War

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  • 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
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