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Belle Boyd

Confederate Spy


(1844-1900)


Maria Isabella (Belle) Boyd of Martinsburg became a famous spy for the Confederacy during the Civil War. She was a courier of important information to such Confederate generals as Turner Ashby and Stonewall Jackson. Boyd was imprisoned three times during the war, sailed to England in an effort to enlist British support for the Confederacy, and after the war traveled the states sharing her exploits.

 

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