First published in 1865, Belle Boyd's memoir of her experiences as a Confederate spy has stood the test of time. Belle first gained notoriety when she killed a Union soldier in her home in 1861. During the Federal occupations of the Shenandoah Valley, she mingled with the servicemen and, using her feminine wiles, obtained useful information for the Rebel cause. In this new edition, Sharon Kennedy-Nolle and Drew Gilpin Faust consider the domestic side of the Civil War and assess the value of Boyd's memoir for social and literary historians .
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One of the most famous of Confederate spies, Belle Boyd served the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Born in Martinsburg-now part of West Virginia-she operated her spying operations from her fathers hotel in Front Royal, providing valuable information to Generals Turner Ashby and "Stonewall" Jackson during the spring 1862 campaign in the Valley. The latter general then made her a captain and honorary aide-de-camp on his staff. As such she was able to witness troops reviews. Betrayed by her lover, she was arrested on July 29, 1862, and held for a month in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington. Exchanged a month later, she was in exile with relatives for a time but was again arrested in June 1863 while on a visit to Martinsburg. On December 1, 1863, she was released, suffering from typhoid, and was then sent to Europe to regain her health. The blockade runner she attempted to return on was captured and she fell in love with the prize master, Samuel Hardinge, who later married her in England after being dropped from the navy's rolls for neglect of duty in allowing her to proceed to Canada and then England. Hardinge attempted to reach Richmond, was detained in Union hands, but died soon after his release. While in England Belle Boyd Hardinge had a stage career and published Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison. She died while touring the western United States.
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I thought that this book was wonderful, it's content was direct and to the point while still telling a wonderful story of this woman's struggles of keeping secrect among the Union soldiers. I love this story and I would recomend it to anyone that has an inerest in the Civil War.
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PERFORMING HER DRAMATIC monologue "Perils of a Spy," Belle Boyd looked half-dressed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cowardly rebels, rebel spy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Belle Boyd, General Jackson, New York, Front Royal, Fort Delaware, Old Capitol, General Shields, Colonel Ashby, General Butler, Secretary of War, Carroll Prison, Marshal Keyes, Washington City, Fortress Monroe, Harper's Ferry, Miss Boyd, Secretary Stanton, Aunt Lizzie, Captain Mix, Fort Warren, General Banks, General Lee, Major Mulford, Major Sherman New!
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PERFORMING HER DRAMATIC monologue "Perils of a Spy," Belle Boyd looked half-dressed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cowardly rebels, rebel spy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Belle Boyd, General Jackson, New York, Front Royal, Fort Delaware, Old Capitol, General Shields, Colonel Ashby, General Butler, Secretary of War, Carroll Prison, Marshal Keyes, Washington City, Fortress Monroe, Harper's Ferry, Miss Boyd, Secretary Stanton, Aunt Lizzie, Captain Mix, Fort Warren, General Banks, General Lee, Major Mulford, Major Sherman New!
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- Joan of Arc (History First Series) by Anne Boyd in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War by Catherine Clinton in Front Matter
- Civil War Soldiers by Reid Mitchell in Front Matter
- Stonewall Jackson (Great Generals) by Donald A. Davis in Front Matter
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