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Belle Boyd In The Civil War
Belle Boyd served as a spy, courier, and scout for Col. John S. Mosby's. She also provided information where troops for the Union were going during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Belle boyd was Imprisoned in 1862 in Washington for a month because she was announced as a spy. She was released in a prisoner exchange. and became a spy again. In 1863 she was arrested again for spying as she visited Martinsburg. As she was imprisoned she got a sickness called typhoid fever and was released after 6 months of being there. When she got better she went back to her espionage activities.
On May 23, 1862 Belle risked her life in crossfire to give information to General Jackson’s aid Major Harry Douglas. While she was doing this, bullets flew past her and almost hit her. This shows how much she cared for the Confederacy. Belle’s information helped confederate troops capture Front Royal Garrison and enemy supplies.
Belle was born in May 9, 1843 in Martinsburg, Virginia. She went to Mount Washington Female College in Baltimore, Maryland, for 4 years (1856 to 1860). She died on July 11, 1900. She died well on tour in Dells, Wisconsin.
Once Boyd was accused of murder. She was living in her family’s Greek mansion and a Union soldier tried to replace the Confederate flag with an American flag on their property. While doing this he assaulted her mother and Boyd killed him with a gun. She was accused of murder but did not go to jail for it.
Once Belle went on a blockade-runner called the Greyhound in May 1864. It departed from Virginia and was trying to go to North Carolina. The Greyhound carried letters from the Confederate President named Jefferson Davis. These letters were going to British officials. The ship was caught though by a U.S. Navy 3rd rate steamer called the Connecticut. When they got caught the Connecticut made them go to Boston. Boyd seduced a U.S. Navy Ensign called Samuel Hardinge. Samuel helped her escape to England via Canada. Later on Hardinge went to England and married her.
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Bibliography
http://www.hallrichard.com/belleboyd.htm
http://www.civilwar-pictures.com/g/women-children/belle_boyd
