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Boyd assumed the stage name Nina Benjamin to perform in several cities, eventually ending up in New Orleans where she married John Swainston Hammond in March 1869, a former British Army officer who fought for the Union Army during the Civil War. They had two sons and two daughters; their first son died as an infant.
Mary Richards, also known as Mary Jane Richards Garvin and possibly Mary Bowser (born 1846), was a Union spy during the Civil War. [1] She was possibly born enslaved from birth in Virginia, but there is no documentation of where she was born or who her parents were.
Laura Ratcliffe (March 28, 1836, in Fairfax, Virginia – August 3, 1923, in Herndon, Virginia [1]) was a Confederate States of America spy. Laura's home in Herndon [2] was sometimes used as a headquarters by the Confederate raider John Mosby.
Elizabeth Van Lew (October 12, 1818 – September 25, 1900) was an American abolitionist, Southern Unionist, and philanthropist who recruited and acted as the primary handler of an extensive spy ring for the Union Army in the Confederate capital of Richmond during the American Civil War.
[6]: 33, 110 She was discovered to be female before her regiment left for the front. At the age of fourteen, Lizzie Compton enlisted in the army, falsifying her age and changing her name. [4]: 62–63 Compton saw considerable action during the war, serving in seven different regiments, holding the record for the most reenlistments.
Female detective, in the Pinkerton Detective Agency's Female Detective Bureau and Union spy in the American Civil War Hattie Lawton , also known as Hattie H. Lawton , [ 1 ] Hattie Lewis , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Hattie Lewis Lawton [ 4 ] was an American detective, who worked for Allan Pinkerton , of the Pinkerton Detective Agency .
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.
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.