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Cynthia Charlotte Moon (1828–1895) was born in Danville, Virginia, on August 10, 1828.She and her sister, Virginia Moon are best known for their role as Confederate spies during the American Civil War.
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy follows four women's stories throughout the American Civil War era - Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Belle Boyd, Emma Edmondson, Elizabeth Van Lew. [4] [2] Rose is a D.C. socialite who used her social standing to spy for the confederacy. [2] [1] Rose Belle Boyd freelanced as a spy for the confederacy as well. [2]
After the war, however, she began a tour celebrating her experiences as a Union spy, working at one point with P. T. Barnum. In 1865, a friend, Ferdinand Sarmiento, wrote an exaggerated biography titled The Life of Pauline Cushman: The celebrated Union Spy and Scout, detailing her early history, her entry into the secret service, notes, and ...
Sarah Emma Edmonds (born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmondson, [1] married name Seelye, alias Franklin Flint Thompson; December 1841 – September 5, 1898) was a British North America-born woman who claimed to have served as a man with the Union Army as a nurse and spy during the American Civil War. Although recognized for her service by the United ...
Emeline Jamison Pigott (December 15, 1836 – May 26, 1919) was a spy for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. For several years, she hid contraband messages in her skirt and carried them between New Bern, North Carolina (NC), and local sea ports. United States (U.S.) military and civilian law enforcement almost caught her ...
The Civil War: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence.Black Dispatches: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the Civil War.] [permanent dead link ] Washington, D.C., Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 1999. United States Government, Intelligence in the Civil War. Washington, D ...
Her letters remain one of the few surviving primary accounts of female soldiers in the American Civil War. [27] [28] Laura J. Williams was a woman who disguised herself as a man and used the alias Lt. Henry Benford in order to raise and lead a company of Texas Confederates. She and the company participated in the Battle of Shiloh. [29] [30]
Antonia Ford was born at Fairfax Court House, Virginia.She was a daughter of a prominent local merchant and ardent secessionist named Edward R. Ford. Before going to the Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute in Buckingham, Virginia, she attended nearby Coombe Cottage, a private finishing school for girls.