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Sisterhood of Spies
Civil War Sorority of Spies
On both sides of the Civil War, strong passionate women risked their lives to help their cause. They played a particularly valuable role in espionage.
On the Union side there was Sarah Emma Edmonds disguising herself as an African-American soldier... Pauline Cushman infiltrating enemy troops and narrowly escaping execution... Elizabeth van Lew tricking prison guards into thinking she was eccentric and harmless.
Women served the Confederate cause, too. Belle Boyd, outspoken and adventurous, charmed her way in and out of trouble. Society widow Rose O'Neal Greenhow continued her espionage activities even after she and her young daughter were imprisoned. |